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Gophers dropped on Mount St Helens for one day in 1982 left an astonishing impact 40 years later

In 1980, Washington State's Mount St Helens erupted, resulting in 57 human deaths, the most ever recorded for a volcanic eruption in the US, and the deaths of thousands of animals in the area. As well ...
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Engineers reunite at Mount St. Helens, reflect on recovery efforts

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.
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Mount St. Helens environment recovering 45 years after eruption

ST HELENS, Wash. — When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, hundreds of square miles surrounding the volcano were flattened. Scientists describe the destruction as “moonscaped,” and at the time, it was ...
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How a crew of gophers helped Mount St. Helens bounce back

On May 18, 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens emitted 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere while its pyroclastic lava flow incinerated virtually everything within a ...
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In 1982, Gophers Were Dropped Onto Mount St Helens And Amazing Things Happened To The Ecosystem

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45 years later, a search and rescue pilot shares 'horrible' memories of deadly Mount St. Helens eruption

OCEAN SHORES, Wash — By flipping through a scrapbook his daughter made for him, Mike Cairns goes back in time to the day a mountain exploded and the world turned dark and grey. "All the trees were ...
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Teacher's recovery leads him to summit of Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens looms on the horizon, its snowy cap a symbol of accomplishment for hikers. Dick and Marie Storts set their sights on the peak a year ago, climbing to the crater's rim after months of ...