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 ...

The eruption triggered mudslides, an explosion, and plumes of ash that did enormous damage. The death of 57 people led to large changes in how the US monitors and prepares for eruptions. On May 18, ...

Is it getting ready to rock? Mount Saint Helens in Washington, which notoriously and cataclysmically erupted in 1980 and had its ash reach Montana, has been showing major signs of constant activity ...

New research offers clues as to why Mount St. Helens is one of the most explosive volcanoes in the Cascade range and why it stands apart from the chain of other Cascade volcanoes. Scientists from the ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV/Gray News) - Mount St. Helens, which notoriously erupted in 1980, has been showing signs of increased seismic activity lately, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It’s ...

Forty-five years ago on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in the state of Washington violently erupted. Here’s a look at volcanoes, then and now. Berkeley, a Look Back: Halloween 1925 reported as ...

The most destructive volcanic eruption in United States history happened less than half a century ago in Washington state. On May 18, 1980, the north side of Mount St. Helens, in southwestern ...

Washington state may not have to worry about hurricanes, but it is volcano country. The United States has 161 active volcanoes – all in the western U.S. – but only 18 are classified as a "very high ...

"Every time we could go out, it was an adventure," Bret Barnum said of his late friend Roscoe Shorey Rocky Shorey/Instagram Officials identified the victim as Roscoe Shorey, 42, a climber who had ...