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EQUIPMENT USED TO MONITOR THE LA SOUFRIERE VOLCANO STOLEN AND VANDALISED

September 16^th 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) is making an urgent plea for members of the public NOT TO TAMPER WITH, OR REMOVE ANY EQUIPMENT THAT IS USED TO MONITOR THE LA SOUFRIERE VOLCANO.

Photo of Wallibou station void of solar panels.

This call comes after the team from the Soufrière Monitoring Unit visited the site at Wallibou today (16^th September, 2025) where a seismic station and rain gauge are installed. Two (2) large solar panels were stolen, wires connecting the power to the seismic station were cut, and two batteries were removed, the batteries were later found in the nearby bushes.

NEMO to Launch 2025 Summer Program & Community Capacity Building Activities in the Grenadine Islands on July 14, 2025

9^th July, 2025

NEWS RELEASE

The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) will conduct a series of summer programs and community capacity building activities on four of the five main Grenadine Islands starting July 14, 2025 under the theme "Understand Your Hazards to Reduce Disasters".

This initiative is a collaborative effort between the National Emergency Management Organisation and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), and the European Union under the Building the Resilience of CARIFORUM States to Disaster Risks and Climate Change Impacts (BRICS) project.