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Caribbean nations are bracing themselves for another busy hurricane season after experiencing one of the deadliest last year, ...
Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna on Sicily, is erupting again, sending tourists running away from a huge plume of ash and smoke in the air and lava flowing down its slope.
John Yang looks back at the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in U.S. history with Steve Olson, author of “Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens.” It was 45 years ago ...
Mount St. Helens erupted, killing dozens and forever changing how the US monitors earthquakes. The volcano is still active but not erupting.
Just a few years before the eruption, The New York Times described Mount St. Helens as a "relatively little known volcano 50 miles north of Portland, Oregon." Its eruption forever changed the way ...
A volcano eruption near Oregon is brewing — but don't panic about Axial Seamount. The undersea volcano has been attracting attention for months as scientists prepare for an eruption they expect ...
May 18 marks the 45th anniversary of the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwestern Washington. The blast in 1980 killed dozens of people and reshaped the volcanic peak in the ...
John Yang looks back at the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in U.S. history with Steve Olson, author of “Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens.” It was 45 years ago ...
According to the USGS, the area experienced the fewest earthquakes since the eruption ended in the early 2000s. Mount St. Helens remains the most active volcano in the Cascade Range. Of the ...
Mount St. Helens pictured in 2024. (Rafferty Baker/CBC News) The May 18 eruption is considered the worst volcanic disaster in U.S. history. It killed nearly 60 people and altered landscapes in ...