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, ...

Peggy Short-Nottage and her husband joined sightseers rushing to Mount St. Helens when volcanic activity escalated in the spring of 1980. Instead of hopping in a car and making the drive to ...

CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY — 'First, Mt. Saint Helens is NOT erupting.' That was the message from the National Weather Service office in Portland this morning. NWS says volcanic ash from when Mt. St ...

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in one of the most powerful natural disasters in U.S. history. The explosion leveled forests, claimed dozens of lives, and reshaped the Pacific Northwest ...

SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. — Mount St. Helens erupted 40 years ago, on May 18, 1980, sending a plume of ash and smoke into the sky and claiming 57 lives on the ground. But for months leading up the ...

Folks in the Northwest shouldn't panic: Mount St. Helens is NOT erupting, government scientists said on Sept. 16. The concern arises because commercial pilots reported seeing ash in the vicinity of ...

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 ...

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

ST HELENS, Wash. — It may look a bit like it, but Mount St. Helens is not erupting Tuesday morning. The ash you can see blowing around the volcano is actually remnants of the infamous 1980 eruption.

The mountain is not erupting. According to a statement from the U.S. Geological Survey, "strong easterly–southeasterly winds in the vicinity of Mount St. Helens have picked up loose volcanic ash ...