Debate over future of sediment management from 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption

A debate is stirring in Southwest Washington over how to manage ongoing impacts from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

USGS installs new sensors to detect, warn communities of deadly lahars from Mt. Rainier

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has just installed some of the first sensors of their kind on the east side of the mountain.
Kitsap Sun

Washington has active stratovolcanoes like Mount Etna. Will Mount St. Helens erupt next?

Tourists scrambled to get away from a volcanic eruption in Italy on June 2. Mount Etna, located on the eastern coast of Sicily and one of Europe's most active volcanoes, sent an ash cloud into the air ...
katu

Newly renovated Mount St. Helens visitor center reopens

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. (KATU) — The Mount St. Helens Visitor Center at Silver Lake celebrated its reopening to the public Saturday. It had been closed for 8 months to undergo renovations. While the ...
OPB

Mount St. Helens visitor center to reopen this weekend with upgrades

The Mount St. Helens visitor center is reopening its doors with the first major renovations since it opened in 1986. Starting on May 31, the center will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prior to ...
Seattle Times

Mount St. Helens visitor center to reopen with upgrades

The Mount St. Helens visitor center is reopening its doors with the first major renovations since it opened in 1986. Starting May 31, the center will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Before the ...
Mercury News

45th anniversary: A look back at the eruption of Mount St. Helens

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. Related Articles Today in History: October 8, ...
KGW8

45 years later: Center welcomes visitors to commemorate Mount St. Helens eruption

WASHINGTON, USA — Despite the clouds covering the mountain Sunday, visitors walked through exhibits at the Science and Learning Center at Coldwater, which reopened for the season on Saturday, May 17.
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 ...
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Mount St. Helens: Remembering the day the sleeping giant awoke 45 years ago

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.
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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.