Living under the shadow of a volcano can be very dangerous. In July 1995, the Soufrière Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat started erupting for the first time in living memory.
Two years later, life for the 11,000 people living on Montserrat changed forever. Click on the stars to see what the island looked like in December 1997.
I know an Oriole called Ollie who nested on Montserrat during the second half of 1997. Each month, Ollie sent me an email to tell me what was happening on the island. Can you match the months to the messages in my inbox to see what happened to Ollie and the others living on Montserrat at the time?
Use Olly's emails to write your own newspaper article about Montserrat. Click here for a writing frame for you to work on.
Imagine you are living on an island when disaster strikes. You have to decide what to do - do you evacuate or try to stay? Where would you go? Imagine you are only allowed to take one suitcase - what would you take - and leave behind?
Visit www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano/montserrat.html to see satellite images that show what is happening on Montserrat now.
Visit the Grid Club, BBC Newsround and Volcano World to find out more about how volcanoes are made, and the different kinds of volcano.
Did you know that the Caribbean islands are actually tips of volcanoes? 
Living under the shadow of a volcano can be very dangerous. In July 1995, the Soufrière Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat started erupting for the first time in living memory.
Two years later, life for the 11,000 people living on Montserrat changed forever. Click on the stars to see what the island looked like in December 1997.
I know an Oriole called Ollie who nested on Montserrat during the second half of 1997. Each month, Ollie sent me an email to tell me what was happening on the island. Can you match the months to the messages in my inbox to see what happened to Ollie and the others living on Montserrat at the time?
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