The eruption of Mount St. Helens was catastrophic and caused the wipeout of various species, demanding a revival of the lost ...

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VANCOUVER, Washington (CNN) -- A new lava dome inside Mount St. Helens' crater has sprouted a growth that extends upward nearly 330 feet, U.S. Geological Survey officials said Saturday.

Nearly 45 years after Mount St. Helens’ eruption sent almost 90 billion cubic feet of debris into the upper Toutle Valley, millions of tons of sediment still pour into the Cowlitz River each year.

A very common case study for volcanoes is the eruption of Mount St Helens in the USA in 1980. Other case studies include the eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily in 1974 and Heimaey eruption in ...

A historical theater in Cowlitz County that would not be standing if it weren’t for the eruption of Mount St. Helens celebrated its centennial over the weekend. The historic Columbia Theatre in ...

Some certainly emanate from events that occurred (or not) one evening in 1924 in a canyon—ever since known as Ape Canyon (elevation: 4,200 feet)—southeast of Mount St. Helens. A group of miners shot ...