Gov­ern­ment teams have be­gun emer­gency re­sponse ef­forts af­ter re­newed ac­tiv­i­ty at the Pi­paro vol­cano caused road dam­age and tem­porar­i­ly cut off some com­mu­ni­ties.

Min­is­ter Jear­lene John said of­fi­cials were mov­ing quick­ly to as­sess con­di­tions, with Min­istry of Works of­fi­cers al­ready en route. “I don’t have a lat­est. I know the Min­istry of Works of­fi­cers are busi­ly on their way there. I’ll get a re­port short­ly, but of course that will be a top pri­or­i­ty con­cern. We’ll have to treat with it,” she said.

John said she plans to vis­it the area as soon as pos­si­ble. “If I can go up to­day, I’ll go up to­day with the team. If not, we’ll be on the ground there to­mor­row for sure,” she said.