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Remember Mount St. Helens? Why It Fell Off The Map, And Why It's Time To Go Back

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, ...
CNN

No, Mount St. Helens isn’t erupting again. It’s just stirring up leftover ash 45 years after ‘the big one’

For a moment, it seemed like a blast from the past: a plume over Mount St. Helens on Tuesday looked like the volcano might be erupting again. But fortunately, this was not an eruption — just a ...
Kitsap Sun

Why is there ash by Mount St. Helens? Cam, satellite shows ash over parts of Washington

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 ...
KTVB

Remembering the deadly Mount St. Helens eruption 45 years later

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.
Oregonian

Mount St. Helens 45 years later: These headlines captured a gripping drama before the eruption

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 ...
OPB

45 years later, Washington geologist remembers visiting Mount St. Helens the day before it blew

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 ...
Statesman Journal

How photos of erupting Mount St. Helens taken from plane became family's treasure

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 ...
The Columbian

‘A unique and powerful story’: Despite cuts, Mount St. Helens Institute committed to providing educational resources to visitors

Since 1996, scientists, researchers, staff and volunteers at Mount St. Helens Institute have been working to educate students and visitors about the mountain’s unique volcanic landscape. Despite ...
PBS

What scientists have learned from Mount St. Helens’ devastating eruption, 45 years later

It was 45 years ago today when Mount St. Helens erupted, triggering the biggest landslide in Earth’s recorded history and creating an ash cloud that reached across the country. John Yang looks back at ...