The Caribbean Island of St Vincent - which is an integral part of the history of the Garifuna in Belize - is under a severe volcano threat tonight.
The island of has declared a red alert and issued an evacuation order after seismologists warned that the La Soufriare volcano shows signs of an imminent eruption.
The UK Guardian reports that Prime minister, Ralph Gonsalves, issued the order on Thursday after several days of increased seismic activity.
The country's NEMO office said there was, quote, a "substantial prospect of disaster".
Authorities say that the volcano could erupt in a matter of hours or days.
"Video posted on social media shows a plume of smoke towering above the volcano, which is the highest point in the island country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines."
History tells us that the volcano's most devastating eruption was in 1902 when about 1,600 people "most of them indigenous Caribs" were killed.
It last erupted in April 1979, but there were no casualties as the local population was evacuated.
