Mount St. Helens, located in Skamania County, Washington State, is one of the world’s active stratovolcanoes. Positioned 50 miles northeast of Portland and 96 miles south of Seattle, it is part of the ...
The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens remains the deadliest and most destructive volcanic event in U.S. history, claiming 57 lives and flattening 230 square miles of forest. The blast sent a ...
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 ...