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A short documentary produced by Michigan Tech and the U.S. Geological Survey profiling the volcanic eruption at Mount Pelee on the island of Martinique in th...
6 lip 2023 · In 1902 the Volcano Mount Pelée Erupted and wiped out the city of Saint-Pierre on the island of Martinique Caribbean, which was one of the deadliest eruptions in recorded history. Learn...
Discover the incredible story of Mount Pelée's 1902 eruption that wiped out an entire city. History has never been this compelling!
21 lip 2020 · The Mount Pelée May 8th, 1902 eruption is responsible for the deaths of more than 29,000 people, as well as the nearly-complete destruction of the city of Saint Pierre by a single pyroclastic current, and is, sadly, the deadliest eruption of the 20th century.
Mount Pelée towers above the city of St. Pierre in northern Martinique a century after the catastrophic eruption that destroyed the city in 1902. Pelée is the most active volcano of the Lesser Antilles arc, with more than 20 major eruptions during the past 5000 years.
11 mar 2004 · Sugar cane thrived in the rich volcanic soil and became the foundation of the island's economy. Twenty large sugar mills and 113 rum distilleries were in operation by 1902. The first eruption of Mount Pelee witnessed by colonists was phreatic (steam-driven) and occurred in 1792.
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.
