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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.
As New Orleans' residents consider whether they will ever return to their hurricane-stricken city, the BBC's Nicola Stanbridge looks at what has happened in Montserrat - where, 10 years ago, volcanic ...
Rendered partly uninhabitable by volcanic eruptions in the late 1990s, the self-governing British overseas territory known as the "Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" is striving to recover and rebuild.
Provides an overview of Montserrat, ... A major eruption in 1997 killed 19 people, devastating the south of the island and burying the capital, Plymouth. More than half the population left.
Soar over the haunting remains of Plymouth, Montserrat, with breathtaking drone footage, capturing the eerie beauty of the Caribbean’s only ghost town. Once a thriving capital, the city now lies ...
Montserrat is known as the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean due to its lush lands, which strikingly resemble the coast of Ireland. The island has a documented history with the country that is almost ...
Montserrat is a mountainous island in the Caribbean and a British Overseas Territory. Plymouth was the capital until 1995, when a devastating volcanic eruption tore through the island and caused a ...
The self-governing British overseas territory of Montserrat is building a new port and main town after being rendered partly uninhabitable by volcanic eruptions. Part of the Leeward Islands chain ...