Ashfall to continue on Sunday 20 December. Wind directions from the southeast have resulted in heavy ashfall in many inhabited areas of northwestern Montserrat on Saturday 19 December. Areas that received significant ashfall included: Old Towne, Salem, Flemmings, Friths, Olveston, Woodlands and St Peters.

Forecasts are for these southeast winds to continue at least until the early hours of Monday 21 December meaning that the areas mentioned above are likely to receive further ashfall on Sunday.

Volcanic activity was high overnight on Saturday 19 December with large pyroclastic flows in Whites Ghaut on the northeastern flank. It was the ash clouds generated by these flows which were the main cause of the ashfall.

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