The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption began with a steady series of earthquakes in March. By April it began spewing smoke, ...

A LaGuardia air traffic controller gave a Republic Airways flight the go-ahead for takeoff and then abruptly telling them to ...

Mount St. Helens, the largest volcanic eruption in US history, was commemorated this weekend, 45 years after its eruption, ...

Michael Lienau, part of the first film crew documenting the aftermath of the Mount St. Helens, said the experience was a ...

Sunday marks 45 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state. The deadly eruption happened shortly after 8:30 a.m ...

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 ...

According to the USGS, Mount St. Helens is the most active volcano in the lower 48 states and the most likely in the Cascades to erupt again.

57 people died in the eruption, but the disaster gave scientists a way to develop monitoring tools, improving their ability ...

“Mount St. Helens blows its top,” was the headline of the day in the Deseret News and likely many others newspapers around the world. It was a front page story for many weeks after, as hot volcanic ...

May 17 and 18 stand as remarkable dates in history, marked by events that have shaped political landscapes, advanced human ...

On May 18, 1980, the United States experienced the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in its history.

Mount St. Helens erupted, killing dozens and forever changing how the US monitors earthquakes. The volcano is still active ...