MT. ST. HELENS - Volcanic rock has flowed to thesurface of Mount St. Helens' crater, creating a new lava dome afterweeks of seismic activity, a geologist said Tuesday. Scientists had known for days ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. (AP) - A new lava dome is growing on Mount St. Helens, with volcanic rock reaching the surface of the crater after weeks of seismic activity, scientists said Tuesday.

SEATTLE -- The molten rock rising inside Mount St. Helens is giving the peak an eerie red glow at night. Lava has been climbing to the surface at nearly 1,300 degrees for the past few days in a ...

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic rocks, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious threats to ...

SEATTLE - A lava formation inside Mount St. Helens' crater has a new, glowing protrusion the size of a 30-story building. The protrusion, which glows red at night, has risen by 100 meters (330 feet) ...

Smoke billows from the mouth of Mt. Shasta like a thunderous cough. Within moments, clear skies turn gray, and the sun vanishes behind thick, shifting layers of volcanic gas and ash. Visitors snap ...

SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. — Hundreds of small-magnitude earthquakes registered below Mount St. Helens could indicate that the volcano is going through "recharge" - a process where additional magma ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. (AP) -- The lava dome in Mount St. Helens' crater apparently is growing, possibly a new sign of an impending eruption, but a major explosion doesn't seem likely, a top volcano ...

VANCOUVER, WASH. - If lava continues to pile up inside the blasted crater of Mount St. Helens at the current rate, the volcano could rebuild its summit in about 10 years. Geologists say it's unlikely ...

The long-awaited reopening of the Lava Canyon Trail on the south side of Mount St. Helens will take place Saturday, the U.S. Forest Service announced this week. Repair of the flood-damaged trail has ...

SEATTLE - For more than a year now, Mount St. Helens has been oozing lava into its crater at the rate of about a large dump truck load - 10 cubic yards - every three seconds. With the sticky molten ...