On the morning of May 18, 1980, photographer Robert Landsburg hiked 7 miles from the summit of Mount St. Helens in the Cascades mountain range. As the lens of his camera viewed the snowy cap of the ...

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 ...

On the morning of May 18, 1980, the most destructive volcanic eruption in U.S. history killed 57 people in Washington state. The enormous column of ash that was unleashed by Mount St. Helens has been ...

Ian Reed calls himself a “weather geek” and he had been anticipating Saturday afternoon’s lightning storm all day. A nature photographer, Reed works for the nonprofit Mount St. Helens Institute which ...

Government scientists confirmed Mount St. Helens is not erupting despite recent concerns. Commercial pilots reported seeing what they believed to be ash near the volcano. Strong winds are lifting old ...

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Mount St. Helens in Washington State was once the "Mount Fuji of America"—admired for its symmetrical cone shape similar to Japan's highest peak. It was a popular Pacific Northwest destination, ...

The Mount St. Helens visitor center is reopening its doors with the first major renovations since it opened in 1986. Starting on Saturday, the center will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prior to ...