However, in 1834, Oregon Country promoter Hall J. Kelley wanted to call Mount St. Helens “Mount Washington,” and change the Cascades to the “President’s Range.” ...

A Rice University professor is among a group of scientists who will blow up a part of Mount St. Helens this week as part of a ground-breaking experiment that equates to conducting a massive ...

Map of Mount St. Helens eruption victims. By The Columbian. Published: May 18, 2010, 12:00am. Share: The smoldering volcano drew hundreds of sightseers the spring of 1980.

Just how dangerous is Mount St. Helens and what does its history and current make-up say about other volcanoes like Rainier? Data is now coming in from a huge scientific project to measure what ...

Map view plot of earthquakes located by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network from March 14, 2016 through May 5, 2016 ... Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, ...

Scientists say the way two large magma chambers are connected under Mount St. Helens may explain the peak's 1980 explosion, according to a report released Wednesday.

A series of explosions set off by a team of scientists were expected to rattle Washington state's Mount St. Helens on Wednesday as researchers map the interior of the volcano, whose 1980 eruption ...

Thirty years ago this May 18, Mount St. Helens blew her lovely stack in the most destructive volcanic eruption in modern times in the United States. In just 12 hours, an enormous swath of Cascade l… ...

Mount St. Helens, about 95 miles (150km) south of Seattle and 50 miles (80km) north of Portland, erupted in an explosion of hot ash in May 1980, spewing debris over a wide area, killing 57 people ...

The 1980 eruption that blew the top off Mount St. Helens also destroyed its 13 glaciers, but by 1982, the crater floor had cooled enough to allow snow to begin to stick.

Map view plot of earthquakes located by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network from March 14, 2016 through May 5, 2016 ... Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, ...