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Montserrats volcano at Soufriere Hills exploded at about 9:35 pm on Tuesday (Dec. 2) resulting in pyroclastic flow from the western side of the lava dome.
According to the Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO), the explosion took place without warning and showed no precursory seismic activity. The volcano emitted large boulders and incandescent blocks up to a kilometer from the dome, scattering debris over the north-western side of Gages Mountain.

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 Montserrat's volcano has spewed columns of ash thousands of meters into the air.

Seismic activity at the Soufriere Hills Volcano has increased significantly. There was also a short series of eruptive events on the morning of Sunday 27th July 2008.
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The governor of Montserrat has issued a statement as follow-up to that made on 6 March, when she said that the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) had produced a report about the risks to the community from the Soufriere Hills volcano.
The Governor said she was grateful for the opportunity to meet with the Emergency Policy Group (EPG) on 5 March, and the Volcano Executive Group (VEG) on 8 March to hear their views on the latest developments.
The MVO has been updating the community on a daily basis. There are no surprises in the analysis of the situation at the volcano in the SAC report. Risk to the area north of Nantes river remains at background levels. The north remains safe for community life.

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On February 28, 2007, NASA’s Aqua satellite caught the Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat release another plume of ash and/or steam.
This image shows the volcanic island sending its plume westward over the ocean water. The red outline at the volcanic summit is a hotspot—an area with unusually warm temperatures.


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The high-resolution image provided above is at Aqua satellites’ full spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel.