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The Mount St. Helens major eruption of May 18, 1980, remains the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. [4] Fifty-seven people were killed; 200 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and 185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed. [ 5 ]
On March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States.A series of phreatic blasts occurred from the summit and escalated until a major explosive eruption took place on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 am.
Harry R. Truman (October 1896 – May 18, 1980) was an American businessman, bootlegger, and prospector.He lived near Mount St. Helens, an active volcano in the state of Washington, and was the owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens Lodge at Spirit Lake near the base of the mountain.
May 18, 2018, marks 38 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington State, killing 57 people.
1980: Mount St. Helens, Washington. Intense and escalating seismic activity in the spring of 1980 left little doubt that Mount St. Helens was going to blow, and on May 18, that’s exactly what ...
On the morning of May 18, 1980, photographer Robert Landsburg hiked 7 miles from the summit of Mount St. Helens in the Cascades mountain range. As the lens of his camera viewed the snowy cap of ...
On November 18, 1978, cult leader Reverend Jim Jones and his followers die in Guyana, South America. Congressmen Leo Ryan (D-CA) is assassinated, and Jim Jones dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at a sermon in which 909 people of the cult die from drinking poisoned 'grape juice', the largest mass murder-suicide of U.S. citizens ...
View the Mount St. Helens Fast Facts on CNN and learn more about the volcano in Washington.