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The residences, and more largely all the buildings, are exposed to the volcanic risks according to their localization. In the communities located directly on the mountainsides, the residences add up nearly 8000 units, i.e. 5% of the residences of Martinique. In the intermediate zone, one counts 7200 residences. In the event of a Plinian or a Mt. St Helens types of eruptions, it is thus nearly 10% of the residences of the island which would be threatened by the volcano. St. Pierre, a century later (ph. M. Desse)
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Volcanic Risks 