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  • 4 months ago
    Montserrat’s capital city of Plymouth was destroyed and two-thirds of the island’s population was forced to flee because of an eruption of the previously dormant Soufriere Hills volcano that began on July 18, 1995. I arrived 18 months later, after it had calmed, with the writer Russell Miller to document the survivors living under a constant threat. We were interviewing the Governor, Frank Savage, in his office about dealing with the radical disruption of island life… when the floor started to shake and a loud thunderous rumbling had us all on our feet and rushing to the window. The volcano had returned View high resolution

    Montserrat’s capital city of Plymouth was destroyed and two-thirds of the island’s population was forced to flee because of an eruption of the previously dormant Soufriere Hills volcano that began on July 18, 1995.

    I arrived 18 months later, after it had calmed, with the writer Russell Miller to document the survivors living under a constant threat. We were interviewing the Governor, Frank Savage, in his office about dealing with the radical disruption of island life… when the floor started to shake and a loud thunderous rumbling had us all on our feet and rushing to the window.

    The volcano had returned