In memory of former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday, we are rerunning this history column documenting his visit to ...

A teenager when he began scuba diving in the shadow of Mount St. Helens, he remembers the lake ... growing a new lava dome in its crater, and captivating sightseers and geologists.

Mount St. Helens, a composite volcano ... However, now that there's a deep crater from the 1980 eruption, the massive landslide and lateral blast that previously occurred are unlikely to happen ...

On May 18th, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted killing 57 people and changing the way residents of the Northwest viewed the volcano in their midst. For the last 40 years, The Columbian has written ...

A very common case study for volcanoes is the eruption of Mount St Helens in the USA in 1980. Other case studies include the eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily in 1974 and Heimaey eruption in ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, blanketing Central Washington — including the Yakima Valley — in volcanic ash, then-President Carter made a trip to the mountain to survey the damage ...