Incredible Photos of Montserrat's Exclusion Zone

In 1995, the city of Plymouth on the island of Montserrat was evacuated and an exclusion zone was set up because of an impending volcano eruption. In 1997, the volcano erupted burying the city in 40 feet of ash. Ever since, residents have been banned from coming back. Here are some pretty crazy pictures inside Montserrat's exclusion zone, one of only a handful of exclusion zones in the world. More info here.
















































































Source: buzzfeed

Abandoned Houses in New Orleans, Louisiana

According to the 2010 census, New Orleans lost the greatest percentage of its population out of any other US city (29.1%) in the past 10 years. Things are starting to get better, but as you can see, in some parts of NOLA, not much has changed since 2005 Hurricane Katrina.