VOLCANO IS BOSSMAN – 2005

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'Volcano is boss man' SPECIAL REPORT

MARK MEREDITH

Sunday, August 14th 2005

Visiting scientists look down in awe at the devastation wreaked on Montserrat's capital, Plymouth, by the mud and pyroclastic flows of the volcano.

"It came upon us very suddenly one night- July 18th 1995. It sounded in Plymouth as though a big jet was landing. It was roaring."

-Erica Gibbs, Montserrat resident

Ten years after its Soufriere Hills Volcano erupted changing the island of Montserrat forever, Montserratians who remain in, or wish to return home, or who are forced to return, face dilemmas and challenges far greater than any Caribbean hurricane has so far inflicted.

MARK MEREDITH continues his account of his visit to Montserrat.


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