For the first time since the 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens, plans are in the works for a new trail to take visitors to a dramatic new viewpoint right in the heart of the blast zone. Managers of ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – 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 ...

May 18 marks the 45th anniversary of the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwestern Washington. The blast in 1980 killed dozens of people and reshaped the volcanic peak in the Cascade ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

It’s been 45 years since an eruption occurred on the U.S. mainland. The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens in southern Washington claimed 57 lives and blasted the terrain of old-growth spruce ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sunday, May 18 marks 45 years since the disastrous eruption of Mount St. Helens. Fifty-seven people were killed and it remains the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Jan. 3—Registration is still open for the Mount St. Helens Institute's 12-week Volcano Naturalist Program, which runs Feb. 4 to April 29. Participants in this program will explore diverse aspects of ...

LONGVIEW, Wash. -- Swarms of tent caterpillars have erupted in trees growing in the blast zone near Mount St. Helens. The Forest Service says it's unclear why there are so many of the insects this ...