Volcano! When it All Began - Montserrat Blows Its Top - 1995

The Soufrière Hills looked like peaceful, bucolic mountains, part of the beauty of Montserrat, a jewel in the Caribbean Islands. But on July 18, 1995, this volcano erupted pyroclastic flows with such force it destroyed the capital city, Plymouth. This eruption changed Montserrat forever - geographically, geologically and, for the people of Montserrat, psychologically. For the next 5 years, evacuations continued till 2/3 of the population fled, leaving only 1,200 people on the entire island. Eruptions continued for years, finally waning in 2010 - 13 years after this documentary was made. This is a story about crucial moment in history, when an international team of courageous scientists raced against time trying to find vital clues to the volcano's next move... and a documentary team caught in an eruption.