Hurricane season 'could spark Montserrat volcano disaster'

The tiny territory of Montserrat has warned that a busy hurricane season could spark a disaster by toppling a volcano’s dome and unleashing a torrent of ash and lava on nearby communities.

Montserrat officials have already begun evacuating some residents near the active Soufriere Hills volcano and are setting up food and shelter areas just in case, chief minister John Osbourne said last night, on the final day of a Caribbean summit in Jamaica.