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- ↑ "BBC News | Americas | Montserrat evacuations in face of fresh eruptions". news.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Montserrat Volcano Threatens Biggest Eruption, November 1997" . Retrieved 16 June 2024– via Washington Post.
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