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, ...

That came after scientists received reports of a large plume rising above the volcano, which turned out to be volcanic ash from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. “It kind of looks like a brownish ...

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 ...

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 ...

Government scientists confirmed Mount St. Helens is not erupting despite recent concerns. Commercial pilots reported seeing what they believed to be ash near the volcano. Strong winds are lifting old ...

For over a century, geologists were baffled by the rolling mounds scattered across Northern California's Shasta Valley. Travelers along Interstate 5 can glimpse these unusual hills and ridges, often ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Andy Goodwin stationed himself last Saturday at the top of Mount St. Helens, where he usually spends several hours each week educating climbers about one of the Pacific Northwest’s most spectacular ...