Some Pacific Northwesterners woke Tuesday to an unusual sight: A smoky haze shrouded Mount St. Helens, the large, active stratovolcano in Washington state that erupted catastrophically in 1980. But a ...
Mount St. Helens: Watch video of the 1980 eruption in southwest Washington On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens shocked the nation when it erupted after remaining dormant for over a century.