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A ground-hugging cloud of incandescent lava particles suspended by searing turbulent gases called a pyroclastic surge moved at hurricane speed down the southwest flank of the volcano, reaching Saint-Pierre at 8:02 a.m. Escape from the city was virtually impossible.
The stratovolcano's 1902 eruption destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, killing 29,000 to 30,000 people in the space of a few minutes, in the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. [6] The main eruption, on 8 May 1902, left only three known survivors.
Saint-Pierre avant l'éruption de 1902. La ville de Saint-Pierre s’étendait en bordure de sa rade bien protégée, sur environ 3 km de long et 400 m de large, au pied du flanc sud-ouest du volcan. Elle était entourée de plusieurs hameaux et villages, le tout étant directement exposé aux effets des éruptions.
7 kwi 2015 · When it roared to life again in 1902, the mountain produced one of the deadliest eruptions in recorded history, unleashing a cascade of horrors upon the residents of St. Pierre before obliterating the town in one fatal instant.
13 lis 2009 · On May 8, 1902, Martinique’s Mount Pelée begins the deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. By the following day, the city of Saint Pierre, which some called the Paris of the...
Its gently sloping cone is scored with ravines and supports luxuriant forests. Minor eruptions occurred in 1792 and 1851, but on May 8, 1902, it violently destroyed the port of Saint-Pierre, killing approximately 30,000 people, 15 percent of the island’s population.
17 lip 2024 · L’éruption soudaine de la montagne Pelée le 8 mai 1902, qui a réduit en cendres la ville de Saint-Pierre en quelques minutes, a marqué un tournant dans l’étude des volcans.
