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Mount St. Helens eruption still causing issues for Cowlitz River 45 years later

City and county leaders in Cowlitz County say sediment from the Mount St. Helens eruption on May 18, 1980 is causing flood ...
Yakima Herald

Local leaders concerned about Mount St. Helens’ sediment worsening Cowlitz River flooding

Leaders around Cowlitz County said Friday that sediment from Mount St. Helens worsened flooding along the Cowlitz River and ...
Fascinating Horror on MSN

The deadly eruption that wiped a mountain off the map

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in one of the most powerful natural disasters in U.S. history. The explosion leveled forests, claimed dozens of lives, and reshaped the Pacific Northwest ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Where You Can Still See Signs of the Mt. St. Helens Eruption

When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, the landscape changed in an instant—the geologic version of an instant, anyway. It was the deadliest eruption the United States had ever seen, leveling ...
StamfordAdvocate

A return to Mount St. Helens: rediscovered before-and-after photos

It was the deadliest volcanic eruption in U.S. history, and its reverberations are still being felt today. Thirty-seven years ago, Mount St. Helens exploded, killing 57 people, leveling more than 250 ...
KGW8

Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier classified as 'very high threat' for eruption

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 ...