The Daily Beast
US · 5 hrs ago
Killer Volcano Reawakens After Decades of Silence
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A deadly volcano that claimed the lives of 30,000 people may have reawakened. Some 1,500 miles southeast of Florida, the Caribbean island of Martinique is home to the imposing Mount Pelée, which in 1902 erupted with such violence that it launched a superheated gas cloud into the air and ripped through the nearby town of Saint-Pierre in minutes. Between July 24 and 31 this year, scientists recorded 124 earthquakes, with the Martinique Volcanological and…
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