Question

Mount pelée on the island of martinique killed thousands of people in ________.

Answer 1

1902-- the volcano erupted killing 30,000 people.

The island of Martinique is in the Caribbean and Mount Pelee sits on the island outside of town of St. Pierre. The volcano has had many small eruptions but in 1902 a massive eruption killed 30,000 people which was about 15% of the island's population. This eruption is one of the deadliest eruptions in history.

Answer 2

1902 was the last major eruption that occurred on May 8, 1902. There were many signals that something bad was coming. Unfortunately most people shrugged it off since nothing had happened within a recent time. They assumed it was nothing was wrong and that things would return to its quiet normal.