At 8:32 a.m. PDT on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a
volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffered
a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating
some 210 square miles of wilderness.
At 8:32 a.m. PDT on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a
volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffered
a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating
some 210 square miles of wilderness.