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The Montserrat Volcano Observatory and Jack Boy Hill offer vistas overlooking the exclusion zone. The observatory also has an IMAX film and exhibits chronicling the volcanic eruption.
Known among locals simply as “the volcano,” Soufrière Hills roared to life in 1995 after decades of inactivity, causing many residents of Montserrat’s capital city, Plymouth, to flee.
No trip to Montserrat is complete without a visit to the Soufrière Hills Volcano. This active volcano erupted in 1995, transforming the island’s landscape and creating a fascinating blend of ...
LITTLE BAY, Montserrat — This tiny Caribbean island made headlines twice in its history. Once in 1979, when former Beatles record producer George Martin built a famous recording studio here, and ...
Volcano Menaces Montserrat. October 9, 2002 / 10:15 PM EDT / AP Dozens of residents abandoned their ash-covered homes Wednesday as a dome of lava expanded ominously on Montserrat's Soufriere ...
The peak of the volcano that dominates the Caribbean island of Montserrat is rising every day as burning rock and ash pile up, making an eruption almost inevitable, officials said. “If the dome ...
Montserrat: After the eruption It is 10 years since a volcano turned Montserrat into a moonscape of black ash. Yet many islanders who fled the disaster are refusing to return.
Caribbean: The Soufriere Hills volcano began to blow in July 1995, and there is no end in sight. Dislocations to islanders' lives have caused epidemic of depression, anxiety.
LITTLE BAY, Montserrat — This tiny Caribbean island made headlines twice in its history. Once in 1979, when former Beatles record producer George Martin built a famous recording studio here, and ...