Update at 2:47 p.m. June 20, 2025: Lava fountains peaked at dizzying heights of well more than 1,000 feet during the early morning today (June 20) after the onset at 2 a.m. of the latest eruptive ...

Mark Smith’s family owned and operated "The Spirit Lake Lodge" at Mount St Helens up until the eruption. It was lost under the blast. Twelve years later, he returned to the area and started Mount St.

This comes months after another eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in November last year that killed nine people and ...

The ashes expanded into a mushroom-shaped cloud that could be seen from cities located up to 90 miles from the mountain.

Two years after the eruption of Mount St Helens, local gophers were sent to the area in what must have been quite a confusing ...

A lava tube is a cave that forms after a volcanic eruption. You can visit the country's third-longest tube in Washington ...

New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake seismographs and deep ocean sensors that capture how fast tsunami ...

The blast zone where a hot flow of gas toppled trees is now known as the ... In 1983, scientists realized not much was growing on the lava-scorched regions of Mount St. Helens. They tried an ...

"In other words, a volcano that only erupts lava flows but doesn't have anyone ... Here's a look back at the devastating Mount St. Helens eruption and what to know about active volcanoes in ...

As we approach the 45th anniversary of the catastrophic 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption in Washington ... cone-shaped volcanoes built up from layers of lava flows, ash, and volcanic debris.

When Mount St Helens erupted in 1980, the resulting lava, ash, and debris turned the landscape barren for miles around. It was clear the land would take a long time to recover from the eruption.