It is the costliest volcanic disaster in US history.
Yes, the entire country lay under the threat of some seismic or volcanic disaster.
The stratovolcano is famous for its eruption in 1902 and the destruction that resulted, dubbed the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century.
The event marked the only major volcanic disaster in the history of France and its overseas territories.
The 1792 eruption was the worst volcanic disaster in Japan's history.
And Earth by this time, as you know, had seen wars unspeakable, and whole civilizations dissolved by volcanic disaster.
That was the day Pelée erupted, in one of the worst volcanic disasters of modern times.
At least 477 people were killed and hundreds more were injured and rendered homeless in what became the worst volcanic disaster in recent Japanese history.
So their exodus from volcanic disaster had only brought them to face something even worse.
He's made a film in 2006 called "Magma" about a volcanic disaster.