Nje ukuba ikomkhulu laseSt.Lucia, iSoufrière yaziwa njengekhaya laseGros Piton kunye nePetit Piton, izibini ezithandekayo zeentaba-mlilo esele zivela kwi-gin-clear ICaribbean -Ijongwe kakuhle kwibhalkoni ephezulu enomoya IOrlando . Kodwa kuninzi kakhulu kule dolophu yasentshona.
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Jonga iSt Lucia's Petit Piton kunye neGros Piton ukusuka kwindawo yokujonga ephezulu kunye nehlathi elinemvula kunye ne-bay yaseSoufrière ngaphambili Ityala: Paul Baggaley / Getty Izithombe
Ukuhamba ngeenyawo i-2,619 yeenyawo i-Gros Piton - uhambo lweeyure ezine lokuvuzwa ngeembono zelizwe elingummelwane iMartinique kunye neSt Vincent - ngexa ikhethwa ngokufanelekileyo, ayisiyiyo kuphela indlela yokonwabela intaka yokujonga indawo entle yaseSt. Iindwendwe ezingoyiki kangako zinokukhwela ukukhwela Izahlulo zamahlathi emvula itramu yasemoyeni kunye nokutyibilika ngaphandle kokwenza isigqubuthelo kwii-gondolas ezivulekileyo zomoya njengoko zidlula i-lacy ferns, ficus, kunye ne-bananaquits.
Emuva emhlabeni, qwalasela uhambo oluya kwindawo yesibini yokutyelela eSoufrière: i-volcano yokuqhuba. Ngokwenene yi-caldera enobubanzi obuziimayile ezisixhenxe, intaba-mlilo eyaphukileyo eyagqitywa ukugqabhuka ngo-1766 - kodwa ezo izazinzulu ziqikelela ukuba zingavuthuza nanini na kule nkulungwane. Awusakwazi ukuqhuba (okanye ukuhamba) kwindawo yayo yenyanga engavumelekanga, apho amaqhuma omphunga enyuka ngokumasikizi kumatye anechalky, kodwa ukhokelo lwemizuzu eli-15 izakusondeza kwisenzo. (Iphunga elineqanda lesalfure elibolileyo elinyuka nomphunga likwenza uqaphele ukuba lisondele ngokwaneleyo.) Pakisha isuti yokuqubha kunye netawuli ukuze uye eSulphur Springs ekufuphi, apho unokuhlamba khona kwimingxunya yodaka ekuphiliswa kuyo.