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- Volcano in Montserrat Is Kicking Up Again
Authorities in Montserrat put residents on heightened alert as Soufriere Hills volcano rumbles to life, spilling hot rocks and ash over its southern flank and tossing ash cloud 10,000 feet into air
- Caribbean Volcano Kills 9
Death toll from eruption of Montserrat's volcano rises to nine when searchers find three more bodies in debris left when surge of ultra-hot rocks and gas burned through seven villages
- Volcano on Montserrat Erupts Without Warning
Montserrat's volcano erupts again without warning, touching off small avalanches of super-heated rock and gas; ten people wre killed in June eruption; nearly half of island 11,000 people have fled since volcano surged to life in July 1995
- Under Raging Volcano, Montserrat People Chafe
Two years of volcanic eruptions and resulting social upheaval have left some 4,000 people remaining on Montserrat, British colony, feeling neglected and and at odds with Britain and their local government; officials face choice of evacuating island entirely or spending heavily to develop northern end of island in hopes that volcano will quiet and population return; map; photo
- Jittery Volcano Is Transforming Caribbean Gem Into Isle of Ash
4,000 remaining residents of Caribbean island of Montserrat weigh whether to stay amid forceful eruptions of Soufriere Hills volcano that have left at least 10 people dead and nine missing and rendered two-thirds of 39-square-mile island a wasteland; map; photos
- Few in Montserrat Accept Evacuation Offer
Some Montserrat residents begin to leave their volcano-devastated island, but majority appears to be opting out of 'voluntary evacuation' offered by British Government
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English and Irish colonists from St. Kitts first settled on Montserrat in 1632; the first African slaves arrived three decades later. The British and French fought for possesion of the island for most of the 18th century, but it finally was confirmed as a British possession in 1783. The island's sugar plantation economy was converted to small farm landholdings in the mid 19th century. Much of this island was devastated and two-thirds of the population fled abroad because of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano that began on 18 July 1995. Montserrat has endured volcanic activity since, with the last eruption occurring in July 2003.
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