Brittany Fintel knows she cheated death after falling more than 300 feet while climbing Mount St. Helens. The 32-year-old Omaha, Nebraska native and Navy veteran lost her footing while climbing the ...

An atmospheric river is moving through western Washington and expected to dump 1-3 inches of rain. by KOMO News Staff TOPICS: MT. ST. HELENS, Wash — Mount St. Helens stood silent for over a century in ...

Sunday marks 45 years since Mount St. Helens erupted, casting clouds of black smoke and ash hundreds of miles into the Inland Empire. The eruption on May 18, 1980, claimed 57 lives and caused ...

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OLYMPIA Wash. (KPTV) - Sunday marked 45 years since the eruption of Mount Saint Helens. It was a powerful force of nature, equal to 24 megatons of TNT, that destroyed everything within a six-mile ...

No, Mount St. Helens is not erupting. What you are seeing in the Pacific Northwest today is actually remnants of an event nearly 50 years ago. According to the National Weather Service, old volcanic ...

Strong winds across parts of Washington state have kicked up volcanic ash deposited during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, creating hazy conditions and reducing air quality. The phenomenon, ...

A common trait among first responders is the sense to run toward danger as everyone else is fleeing for their lives. On May 18, 1980, Don Prest, a Naches resident, was one of those heading into a ...

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, ...

That came after scientists received reports of a large plume rising above the volcano, which turned out to be volcanic ash from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. “It kind of looks like a brownish ...