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Introducing Montserrat
Twenty years ago, Montserrat marketed itself as being ‘The way the Caribbean used to be.’ Little did anyone know that in a few short years the slogan would become horribly ironic for anyone who harkened back to a pre-Palaeozoic era when volcanic eruptions shaped the planet. A series of volcanic eruptions beginning in 1995 devastated the lower two-thirds of the island. By 1997, the capital and only significant town, leafy Plymouth, was an ash-covered wasteland.
Today almost 5000 people live in the northern one-third of the island that was unaffected by the volcano. Long the refuge of goats and a few herders, new settlements are rising over the steep brown hills. To the south, the rolling green hills that once inspired fanciful comparisons to Ireland (you know, the palms of Cork), are scarred by ash and lava flows.
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Latest headlines for Montserrat
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Fungus devastates 'chicken' frog
17 March 2009 6:54PM
Montserrat's "mountain chicken" frog is the latest victim of the lethal fungus sweeping the world.
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Fifth Test day one as it happened
6 March 2009 9:32PM
England captain Andrew Strauss hits his 17th Test century as the tourists make 258-2 on day one of the fifth Test against West Indies.
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Hucknall sign Montserrat striker
28 January 2009 4:39PM
Hucknall Town sign Montserrat international Vladimir Santos Farell to boost their relegation battle in the Blue Square North.
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