Paul Cole

Montserrat volcano shoots plume of ash 9 miles into sky, forces evacuation of village. A volcano on Montserrat shot ash some nine miles (15 kilometers) into the sky Thursday, one of its most dramatic events since a devastating 1997 eruption that drove away half the Caribbean island's population.

Ash falls over Montserrat capital as volcano shivers, heaves rocks, gases. Light ash has fallen over the capital of Montserrat after the Caribbean island's temperamental volcano hurled another round of hot rocks and gases.

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Restive volcano in Montserrat spews ash, forcing residents to wear masks. Rock falls from a spewing volcano stirred up more volcanic ash Friday on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, which lost half its population after a devastating eruption last decade.