🇲🇸 Montserrat is an island in the Caribbean whose old Capital is known as the “Pompeii of the Caribbean.” The island has a volcano that has erupted multiple times in the last few decades. 🇲🇸

🌋 The Soufrière Hills Volcano first became active on July 18, 1995. The island’s previous capital, Plymouth was destroyed by the pyroclastic flows of an eruption. The former airport on the island’s east side has been buried under several meters of solidified lava since an eruption in 2010. 🌋

🌋 There is currently an “Exclusion Zone” that takes up about 2/3 of the island’s area in the South. Montserrat’s current population lives in the northern part of the island, away from the Exclusion Zone. Many of the island’s former residents have moved to Antigua 🇦🇬, the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, or the United States 🇺🇸. The current population on the island is currently around 5,000. 🌋

🌋 The volcanic activity of the Soufrière Hills Volcano is monitored by the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. 🌋