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Soufrière Hills volcanic eruption begins, 1995
Volcanic activity began after centuries of dormancy, setting off a crisis that would reshape the island.
What happened
In July 1995, Soufrière Hills volcanic domes began erupting after centuries of dormancy.[1]
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Claim: Beginning in July 1995, volcanic domes in the Soufrière Hills began erupting after centuries of dormancy; a major eruption in June 1997 killed 19 people and rendered the southern two-thirds of Montserrat, including the capital Plymouth, an uninhabited exclusion zone, displacing roughly two-thirds of the island's population (mostly to the United Kingdom) by 2000 and reducing the resident population to fewer than 1,200 by 1997.
- Montserrat - History (Encyclopædia Britannica) link, Volcanic eruption section. Source record