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In brief, Soufriere Hills on the lush Caribbean island of Montserrat rumbled into life on July 18, 1995, changing everyone’s life there forever.

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The Volcano

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That is all that National Geographic has shared, but what those people experienced, over and over again, for years, was this:

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…over and over again, year after year, ravaging the southern part of the island.

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The People

Plymouth, the capital city, in the 1970s:

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Paul, Ringo, George Martin and friends at AIR Studios, Montserrat, 1981:

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After the volcano:

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Montserrat, 2009:

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The view from Montserrat today:

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Featured image: t.m. urban/Shutterstock

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