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 ...

The eruption triggered mudslides, an explosion, and plumes of ash that did enormous damage. The death of 57 people led to large changes in how the US monitors and prepares for eruptions. On May 18, ...

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 ...

Is it getting ready to rock? Mount Saint Helens in Washington, which notoriously and cataclysmically erupted in 1980 and had its ash reach Montana, has been showing major signs of constant activity ...

The warning did not arrive as a single dramatic sign but as a slow distortion of a familiar peak. As the north side of Mount ...

SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. - On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted, marking the United States’ most deadly and destructive volcanic eruption to date. Around 8:32 a.m., a magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook ...

Mount St. Helens, located in Skamania County, Washington State, is one of the world’s active stratovolcanoes. Positioned 50 miles northeast of Portland and 96 miles south of Seattle, it is part of the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The body of an experienced Mount St. Helens climber has been recovered from the crater of the volcano. The Skamania County Sheriff's Office said Monday that the body of 42-year-old ...