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45th Anniversary: A Look Back at the Eruption of Mount St. Helens

Summary by LA Daily News
Forty-five years ago on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in the state of Washington violently erupted. Here’s a look at volcanoes, then and now. The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption began with a steady series of earthquakes in March. By April it began spewing smoke, massive landslides on the north side of the mountain began, as a massive bulge a half-mile wide crept six feet a day up the mountainside. At 8:32 a.m. on May 18, a magnitude 5.1 earthqua…

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CBC News broke the news in Canada on Friday, May 16, 2025.
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