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 ...

Sunday marks 45 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state. The deadly eruption happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 1980, following months of small explosions and earthquakes.

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 Saint Helens is the biggest volcanic eruption in United States history, and this weekend marked 45 years. The eruption and the following landslide killed 57 people, destroyed 200 homes, and ...

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 ...

ST HELENS, Wash. — When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, hundreds of square miles surrounding the volcano were flattened. Scientists describe the destruction as “moonscaped,” and at the time, it was ...

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 ...

It was the deadliest volcano eruption in U.S. history, killing 57 people. KING 5 later produced a documentary of the historic event called, "The Mountain Erupts," showing what it was like in the hours ...

Sunday, May 18 marks 45 years since the disastrous eruption of Mount St. Helens. Fifty-seven people were killed and it remains the deadliest volcanic eruption in U.S. history. At 8:32 a.m. on May 18, ...

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 ...

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, ...

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens led to better seismic monitoring, increasing seismometers in the Pacific Northwest from a dozen to over 700. Mount St. Helens environment recovering 45 years ...