Inside the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash., SALI the robot weighs small crucibles holding sediment.SALI ...

Mount St. Helens, Then and Now. On the 30th anniversary of the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mt. St. Helens, scientists are still studying how the area devastated by the blast continues to recover.

Reporting from TOUTLE, Wash. — When Mt. St. Helens erupted in 1980, killing 57 people, destroying homes, evaporating lakes and rearranging landmarks, Mark Smith and his family were thankful to ...

LONGVIEW — New research on the cataclysmic 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption describes how and when the blast may have changed its shape and speed based on hardened lava collected at the site.

Following Mount St. Helens’ cataclysmic blast, region struggled with an epic cleanup Sun., May 17, 2020 People wore masks to protect themselves from the ash from Mt. St. Helens.

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT – Whether he’s talking about cottonwoods or huckleberries, salamanders or elk, ecologist Charlie Crisafulli discusses life’s return to the blast ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — They’re brand new images of a Northwest icon that disappeared more than 33 years ago — the conical summit of Mount St. Helens. Reid Blackburn took the photographs in April ...

Two months later, under heavy scientific scrutiny, Mount St. Helens erupted in a lateral blast, shooting rock and debris at speeds of 400 miles per hour and an ash plume more than 12 miles high.

This 1980 photo shows an image of Mount St. Helens by The Columbian photographer Reid Blackburn during a flight over the simmering volcano. (Reid Blackburn/The Columbian) VANCOUVER — They're ...

On May 18, 1980, the United States experienced the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in its history. After more than two months of rumbling, Washington state's Mount St. Helens ...

The USGS reported in 2023 that Mount St. Helens is the volcano in the Cascade Range that is "most likely to erupt again in our lifetimes," but the exact timing can't be predicted so far in advance.