Montserrat lost its capital, Plymouth, to volcanic eruption in the 1990s, and it lies buried under ash. Half the island remains an exclusion zone.


Montserrat
Montserrat lost its capital, Plymouth, to volcanic eruption in the 1990s, and it lies buried under ash. Half the island remains an exclusion zone.

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