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 ...
Mount St. Helens looked like it might be erupting again. Commercial pilots flying in the area Tuesday reported clouds of fine volcanic ash rising into the air above the collapsed dome of the Cascades’ ...
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, ...
(CNN) — For a moment, it seemed like a blast from the past: a plume over Mount St. Helens on Tuesday looked like the volcano might be erupting again. But fortunately, this was not an eruption — just a ...
Mount St. Helens remains the most active volcano in the Cascade Range. Of the volcanoes in the contiguous U.S., it is the most likely to erupt in the future and even in "our lifetimes," according to ...
Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic rocks, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious threats to ...
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. Webcams provided by ...
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 ...