SEATTLE — The first earthquake rattled Mount St. Helens on March 20, 1980 — nearly two months before the mountain erupted. But it took awhile for anyone to notice. The sole seismometer on the peak was ...

May 18, 2025, marks the 45th anniversary of Mount St. Helens' eruption — a catastrophic event that transformed the landscape and killed 57 people. From this devastation emerged an incredible ...

The 1980 blast remains the deadliest volcanic eruption in U.S. history. More than 300 miles from the volcano, cities like Pullman, Washington, and Moscow, Idaho, were covered in ash. A 23-year-old ...

On May 18, 1980- The most powerful volcanic eruption in U.S. history occurred. On May 18, 1980- The most powerful volcanic eruption in U.S. history occurred. Located in Washington State, Mount St.

Saturday marks the 44-year anniversary of Mount St. Helens' eruption in Washington. The blast on May 18, 1980, is the worst volcanic eruption in U.S. history, killing 57 people and spewing 520 million ...

Today marks the 44th anniversary of the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens. If you weren’t around in 1980, here is what happened: For generations, the picturesque, 9,677-foot peak was a ...

PORTLAND -- New aerial photos of the Mount St. Helens blast taken 34 years ago have just been released. Photographer Richard Bowen captured these amazing images of of the Northwest's most destructive ...

A debate is stirring in Southwest Washington over how to manage ongoing impacts from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT — The fact that unpredictably moving rock has blocked the road to its prime visitor center says a lot about Mount St. Helens. Much of the landscape around ...