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16 October 2014

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After 25 1997 July the volcano went through a period of violent eruption. The Exclusion Zone was extended and greater pressure was put on the remaining facilities in the North. The airport and the Plymouth port were closed and eventually destroyed by pyroclastic flows. The British Government finally agreed to fund a crisis programme of action to support development in the north of the island.

Plymoth Destroyed	Proclastic flows covered a large part of the island	Hospital Destroyed