Mount Pelée Eruption Devastates Saint-Pierre, Martinique
Event Date: May 8, 1902
Location: Saint-Pierre, Martinique (French Caribbean)
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program
Event
On May 8, 1902, Mount Pelée erupted catastrophically, generating a deadly pyroclastic flow that raced down its slopes and obliterated the city of Saint-Pierre within minutes. The eruption left nearly the entire population of the city dead, with estimated fatalities around 28,000–30,000, making it one of the deadliest volcanic disasters of the 20th century. Only a handful of survivors were documented. 
Why it matters biblically
This event reflects fearful sights and great calamities consistent with biblical descriptions of widespread suffering in the last days where masses of people are caught in sudden, devastating natural events. Although not caused by human conflict, the immense loss of life in a single moment aligns with scriptural warnings of dramatic signs and disasters.
Moon phase: Waxing Crescent
(*New Moon occurred May 7, 1902; the event on May 8 was the next day — a Waxing Crescent phase.) 
End-Times Verse
Luke 21:11 — “And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.”
