. The eruption produced a number of explosions and a pyroclastic flow that originated from the west side of the lava dome at the summit of the volcano. However, the most interesting bit comes from the ...

THE WARNING SIREN BLARES across the Caribbean island of Montserrat shortly after noon, and the British colony suddenly comes to life. The lone road winding north, away from the Soufriere Hills volcano ...

SALEM, Montserrat -- Scientists have learned a lot from the Soufriere Hills volcano in the five years it has been erupting, destroying life and property -- lessons they hope will save lives in the ...

That Boxing Day night in 1997, when Monserrat's Soufriere Hills Volcano began to stretch, yawn and stir to life, is forever etched in the mind's eye of Thomas Lee. Montserratians knew their volcano ...

When volcanoes erupt, pinpointing the regions at high risk for lethal hazards and deciding whether or not to evacuate a resistant population comprise the most difficult problems faced by hazards ...

An eruption of Mount Vesuvius, near Naples in Italy, could kill as many as the Indonesian tsunami, says a British researcher. But lessons learned from the 1997 eruption on the Caribbean island of ...

Just to keep everyone on their toes, Soufriere Hills on Montserrat in the West Indies erupted today. The eruption produced a number of explosions and a pyroclastic flow that originated from the west ...