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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Volcano Keeps Montserrat In Constant State of Alert. Caribbean Isle Is Full of Dramatic Reminders of Destruction. January 20, 2001. By Tim McDonald.
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.
The volcano that destroyed Montserrat's capital in 1997 shot a cloud of ash more than five miles into the sky on Monday, and one of the island's chief scientists said the blast was "a warning call." ...
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 ...
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.
Montserrat's volcano spewed thick clouds of ash into the air Sunday, plunging several Caribbean islands into a gritty haze that forced the cancellation of dozens of flights and caused a car ...
A Montserrat volcano shoots ash some nine miles into the sky, one of its most dramatic events since a devastating 1997 eruption that drove away half the Caribbean island's population.