Where were you. Montserrat volcano

Description

There are some global events of such impact that they stay with us forever. They are so important that we sit up and pay attention as they are happening: we sit glued to the television we pour over newspapers we frantically search out more information to understand. This series looks at some of the most shocking events of the 20th and early 21st Century analyzing how the news of their occurrence spread across the globe and what impact they had on the modern world. This episode focuses on the 1995 eruption of the volcano on Montserrat.

Runtime

24 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

2011

Database

Alexander Street

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