Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today marks 46 years since Mount St. Helens erupted, claiming 57 lives. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) remembered those lost, ...

Residents of the Pacific Northwest often cast a wary eye toward Mount St. Helens, but airborne ash this week isn’t a sign of a new eruption. That’s according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Folks in the Northwest shouldn't panic: Mount St. Helens is NOT erupting, government scientists said on Sept. 16. The concern ...

46 years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted. The massive eruption sent ash and steam skyward as the north face of the mountain collapsed, sliding into the North Fork Toutle River below. PAST COVERAGE ...

On a recent June day on upper Mount St. Helens, there was a tail flap, a splash, and a native species returned to its ...

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 ...

The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens remains the deadliest and most destructive volcanic event in U.S. history, claiming 57 lives and flattening 230 square miles of forest. The blast sent a ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, it became one of the most devastating disasters in American history. The massive eruption transformed the surrounding landscape within moments, sending ...