On May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted, setting off fires, mudslides and floods, and killing 57 people. It was the deadliest volcanic eruption in the history of the United States ...

At 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980, all the rumblings, the trembling, the minor earthquakes, the bulges in the mountain and the occasional venting of steam led to an enormous eruption that generated the ...

Mount St. Helens in Washington State was once the "Mount Fuji of America"—admired for its symmetrical cone shape similar to Japan's highest peak. It was a popular Pacific Northwest destination, ...

Mount St. Helens isn’t a welcoming place. It’s a restless, rumbling, unpredictable and occasionally violent volcano that looms within view of the largest metropolitan region between Seattle and San ...