Montserrat - Volcano eruption

(28 Jun 1997) T/I 10:00:20 GS 10:25:54


Nine people were confirmed dead on Friday (27/6) and 12 more
were missing after a volcanic eruption and lava flow hit the
British Caribbean island of Montserrat.


SHOWS

MONTSERRAT 25 JUNE 1997
PULL OUT from ash cloud to WS erupting volcano;
pan people watching to erupting volcano;
CU erupting ash cloud;
TILT UP from houses to erupting volcano.
PAN ash-covered swimming pool;
TILT from palm trees to ash-covered car and house;
PAN closed airport to nearby burning ash-flow that covered
three evacuated villages;
helicopter in flight and smoke from ash-flow;
crowd watching;
helicopter approaching;
old woman carried out of helicopter to truck;
CU woman being carried;
young girl with burned arms being evacuated.
Bodies being taken out of helicopter;
crowd watching body being carried away;
another body being carried out of helicopter;
masked soldier and crowd;

MONTSERRAT 26 JUNE 1997
Evacuated houses buried in hot ash-flow;
helicopter passing over ash-flow.
cars driving on ash-covered streets in the northern part of
the island where people have been evacuated;

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