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1 Mt. Pelee (pay-lay) April 25th to May 8th, 1902 West Indies
Mt pelee eruption was from april 25th to may 8th mt pelee is in the west indies

2 40,000 people were killed. Most people were killed my pyroclastic flow.
Pycroclastic flow is fast moveing of hot gasses and rocks. Gases can reach up to 1,830F Mt pelee is a stratovolcano.

3 in the rock Mt pelee destroyed the city of st pierre. Its 4,583 above sea level. Killed 15% of the island people

4 Thee spine was just over 100 meter wide
At the peak it stood 350 meter from the rim of the crater Through the cracks in the rock you could sometime is the glow of the lava

5 The name pelee comes from the goddess pele
Pele is the volcano goddess. She is a Hawaiian goddess

6 mt pelee is right in between north America and south America
mt pelee is right in between north America and south America. Mt pelee is located on the island of Martinique in the caribbeans.

7 Mt pelee is in the Caribbean plate
It’s a convergent bourndary

8 This happened at a convergent boundary
This eruption happened because of the two ocean plates colliding and one went under the other

9 This could happen anywhere there is a volcano and where it is by two ocean plates

10 Hawaii is at risk of this
Make sure this is a to evacuate Stay on why watch of volcano activity

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