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 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens led to better seismic monitoring, increasing seismometers in the Pacific Northwest from a dozen to over 700. Mount St. Helens environment recovering 45 years ...

Autopsies showed that most of the people killed in the eruption likely died from asphyxiation after inhaling hot ash, according to the USGS. Truman, who owned a lodge on Spirit Lake for more than 50 ...

Nothing can be done to prevent another Mount St. Helens eruption, but federal agencies believe there is a way to prevent a similar disaster from a hazard left behind from the 1980 eruption. The ...

A small explosion of rocks, ash and steam could occur within the next few days within the crater of Mount St. Helens, where earthquake activity has been steadily building for nearly a week, scientists ...