Everybody saw the eruption coming. Nobody could have predicted how bad it would be. The devastating eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, was a global event in more ways than one: As ash from ...

Mount St. Helens in Washington State was once the "Mount Fuji of America"—admired for its symmetrical cone shape similar to Japan's highest peak. It was a popular Pacific Northwest destination, ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in May 2018. Peggy Short-Nottage and her husband joined sightseers rushing to Mount St. Helens when volcanic activity escalated in the spring of 1980 ...

Mount St Helens, Washington viewed from Portland, Oregon. Source: Ilan Kelman The volcano Mount St. Helens in Washington state exploded at 8:32 a.m. on May 18th, 1980, exactly 40 years ago.

Sunday marks the anniversary of the May 18, 1980, volcanic eruption that rocked the Northwest. Geologist Carolyn Driedger recounts the haunting day before that catastrophic event — and its lasting ...

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 ...