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The ash cloud produced by the eruption, as seen from the village of Toledo, Washington, 35 mi (56 km) to the northwest of Mount St. Helens: The cloud was roughly 40 mi (64 km) wide and 15 mi (24 km; 79,000 ft) high. Ash cloud from Mt. St. Helens as captured by the GOES 3 weather satellite at 15:45 UTC.
Human death toll Volcano VEI Location Year Eruption Source(s) 71,000 to 250,100+ ... Mount St. Helens: 5 United States: 1980 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens: 56
Mount St. Helens (known as Lawetlat'la to the local Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat) ... the death toll could have been much higher.
Mount St. Helens, once the fifth-tallest peak in Washington State, lost about 1,300 feet from its height of 9,677, according to the USGS. The highest part of the crater rim on the southwestern ...
Harry R. Truman (October 1896 – May 18, 1980) was an American businessman, bootlegger, and prospector.He lived near Mount St. Helens, an active volcano in the state of Washington, and was the owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens Lodge at Spirit Lake near the base of the mountain.
Jim Erickson covered the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens for The News Tribune and published a book chronicling the 40th anniversary in 2020, offered by The History Press. Show comments.
Reid Turner Blackburn (August 11, 1952 [citation needed] – May 18, 1980) was an American photographer killed in the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens. [2] A photojournalist covering the eruption for a local newspaper—the Vancouver, Washington The Columbian [ 3 ] —as well as National Geographic magazine [ 4 ] and the United States ...
In 1980, 57 people died when Mount St. Helens erupted, an event that permanently altered the area's ecosystems. Before that event, only one seismometer was stationed at the volcano, the agency said.