Mount St. Helens is located in Washington, about 55 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, and 95 miles south of Seattle. It is administered by the National Forest Service, not the National Park Service ...

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. The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption began with a steady ...

May 18 is a big day in regional history. And this year, that date has some extra significance, as it marks the 40th anniversary of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Many local and ...

Forty years ago, a volcano in the Cascade Mountains in Washington roared, expelling plumes of ash and killing 57 people in the most destructive eruption in modern US history. See 50 photos from the ...

Deadliest volcanic eruption: The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which killed up to 100,000 people From lava fountains to towering ash clouds, volcanoes produce some of the most dramatic ...

This is a general view of snow-covered Mount St. Helens in the Cascade Range, southwestern Washington state, on July 17, 1957. The volcanic peak is 9,671 feet above the surface of the glacial Spirit ...