On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. The upper summit was blown off, everything within a radius of 8-miles was obliterated, and ash fell across 22,000 square miles.

Over the past three decades, at least two experienced climbers have died after tumbling into the Mount St. Helens crater due to a cornice break and a third man survived the fall.

More than 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington’s Mount St. Helens in recent months, though there are no signs of an imminent eruption, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Photographer’s parting shots of Mount St. Helens live on They’re brand new images of a Northwest icon that disappeared more than 33 years ago — the conical summit of Mount St. Helens.

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

Although earthquakes under Mount St. Helens are not uncommon, the recent seismic activity is the largest short-term increase in earthquakes since the volcano last erupted in 2008.

Color photos shot in 1980 from the cockpit of a Cessna 150 reveal the magnitude of Mount St. Helens' ash and destruction amid volcano's eruption.

Last moments before Mount St. Helens eruption caught on camera On the morning of May 18, 1980, photographer Robert Landsburg hiked 7 miles from the summit of Mount St. Helens in the Cascades ...

After nearly two years, the camera at the site of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption is back online.

Mount St. Helens environment recovering 45 years after eruption With most plants and animals now back, scientists are shifting their observation focus.

Mount St. Helens has begun rumbling again recently - more than four decades after the worst eruption in US history. Since February 1, 2024, approximately 350 earthquakes have been recorded at the ...