Mount Pelee

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Martinique: the fortified island

In St. Peter, on the northwest coast of Martinique, the visitor can see mighty walls, but nothing resembling a fort. In effect, in 1902, the brilliant city was the victim of a tragedy that horrified world opinion: It was devastated by an eruption of Mount Pelée.

Martinique: the mountain that devoured souls

The most tragically famous eruption of Mount Pelée occurred in 1902. That year, the 8 May, after weeks of worrying but misunderstood phenomena then, a titanic explosion rumbled at the top of the volcano. In the seconds that followed, a shock wave and a pyroclastic flow devastated Saint-Pierre, killing more than 28 000 People.
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