Ben Andersen, 37, vanished after visiting Mount St Helens in Washington, as the volcano's destructive eruption hit its 46th ...

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 ...

Forty-five years ago Sunday, the Pacific Northwest was reshaped in ways that still reverberate nearly half a century later. Why it matters: For centuries, people lived in the shadow of Mount St.

Chinook salmon recently were released into the Upper Mount St. Helens watershed for the first time in nearly 50 years.

Years in the making, Washington drivers will soon have new options for specialty license plates. Up next is the long-awaited ...

Peggy Short-Nottage and her husband joined sightseers rushing to Mount St. Helens when volcanic activity escalated in the spring of 1980. Instead of hopping in a car and making the drive to ...

ST HELENS, Wash — Engineers who spent the days and years following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens working on the recovery of the region, returned Tuesday to check in on some of their work.

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 ...

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.

The eruption, which occurred at 8:32 a.m., claimed 57 lives, destroyed 200 homes and flattened 230 square miles of forest. It also triggered the largest landslide in recorded history and propelled a ...