The day before the mountain exploded, another volcano, La Soufrière, erupted on an island well to the south.
And in the opposite direction, to the west, mountains were exploding.
The mountain over the volcano must have literally exploded, because huge chunks of superheated rock fell all over the place.
When the mountain exploded, the lava simply took the groove provided by the river bed and moved on down to the sea.
And yet, without warning, after centuries of lassitude, the mountain may explode.
You have seen a mountain explode like that?
Then, its sides heaving apart, the mountain exploded in a crash of flying rock that blackened the sky.
The Doctor warns them that if the gases are sealed in, the mountain could explode.
In the next, the mountain explodes, blasting everything skyward.
Forty thousand people were in the city when the mountain exploded.