Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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LC-USZ62-47617

May 8, 1902 - Mount Pelée's erupts
A huge nuée ardente sweeps off the slopes of Mt. Pelée,
killing virtually everyone in St. Pierre (population 30,000).

The term nuée ardente (glowing/incandescent cloud) was first used to describe the pyroclastic flows resulting from the eruption of Mt. Pelée in 1902.