A very common case study for volcanoes is the eruption of Mount St Helens in the USA in 1980. Other case studies include the eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily in 1974 and Heimaey eruption in ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the entire state of Washington a federal disaster area ...

Harry Truman, who owned the Mount St. Helens Lodge on Spirit Lake near the mountain, refused to move, even as an eruption appeared more imminent. On May 18, 1980, the mountain erupted with a force ...

Experts believe a Mount Rainier eruption would post a grave threat to millions who live in the southern and eastern sections ...

Mount Saint Helens in Washington, which notoriously and cataclysmically erupted in 1980 and had its ash reach ... in ...

One of the most violent natural disasters of our time, the colossal eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 blasted away an entire mountainside. Over 200 square miles of pristine forest were buried ...

Feliks Banel remembers where he was when President Jimmy Carter visited the Pacific Northwest following the devastation of the Mt. St. Helens eruption in May 1980. Feliks shared the story on ...

A teenager when he began scuba diving in the shadow of Mount St. Helens, he remembers the lake as it was before the May 1980 eruption, before the top 1,300 feet of the volcano—more than three ...

On May 18th, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted killing 57 people and ... The Columbian has written about every aspect of the eruption — the people who died, including Columbian photographer Reid ...

Geologists found a deep-running network of magma channels in the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park.

Mount St. Helens has recently been swarming with geological activity, which could mean the giant American volcano is gearing up for its next big eruption. Produced by Zach Wasser and Dave Mosher.

Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20, 1980 and ends with its eruption on May 18.