In the early evenings, a thick mist often forms on Spirit Lake, wrapping around the trees and snaking down nearby valleys. It’s easy to see how a tired hiker might conjure shapes in the haze, which is ...

This 2023 satellite photo shows the heart-shaped Spirit Lake, which was transformed by the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing ways to prevent Spirit Lake from overflowing, including updating or replacing an aging tunnel built to drain the lake after the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. The ...

What started as an emergency fix following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens is in need of a more permanent plan, and the U.S. Forest Service is asking for public input on how they should approach ...

It’s been 45 years since an eruption occurred on the U.S. mainland. The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens in southern Washington claimed 57 lives and blasted the terrain of old-growth spruce ...

SEATTLE — Mount St. Helens stood silent for over a century in Washington’s Cascade Range, but that all changed 45 years ago when the sleeping giant woke up and erupted into Pacific Northwest history.

Inside the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash., SALI the robot weighs small crucibles holding sediment. SALI stands for Sediment Analysis Laboratory Instrument. “This is the modern legacy ...

When Mount St Helens erupted in May of 1980, it blew itself apart, blanketing its surroundings in a cubic mile of rock and ash. Around 57 people were killed, along with thousands of birds and mammals, ...

SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. — When the first earthquakes occurred on Mount St. Helens on March 16, 1980, I was working as a meteorologist for the U.S. Forest Service at the Northwest Avalanche Center.

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, ...

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