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 ...

Ash from the catastrophic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens began to swirl around the volcano this week, creating a smoky haze that obscured its summit.

SEATTLE — The first earthquake rattled Mount St. Helens on March 20, 1980 — nearly two months before the mountain erupted. But it took awhile for anyone to notice. The sole seismometer on the peak was ...

Commercial pilots reported seeing ash in the vicinity of the mountain, the site of the infamous eruption of May 18, 1980, ...

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 ...

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 ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT — The fact that unpredictably moving rock has blocked the road to its prime visitor center says a lot about Mount St. Helens. Much of the landscape around ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. An undeveloped roll of film from 33 years ago with never-before-seen photos of Mount Saint Helens days before it erupted just resurfaced at The Columbian newspaper. The pictures are ...

Forest Road 99 starts about 18 miles from Mount St. Helens, approaching from the northeast. If the volcano no longer commands the southwest Washington skyline like it once did, having shed 1,314 feet ...

Some people near Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, survived the initial eruption, but faced epic struggles to escape what's been called The Death Zone. One of the survivors was a filmmaker who found ...

On May 18, 1980- The most powerful volcanic eruption in U.S. history occurred. On May 18, 1980- The most powerful volcanic eruption in U.S. history occurred. Located in Washington State, Mount St.