The Day Mount St. Helens Blew Its Top

On May 18, 1980- The most powerful volcanic eruption in U.S. history occurred. Located in Washington State, Mount St. Helens blew its top, destroying every living and non-living thing within six miles of the volcano. The blast was so powerful in fact, that around 1300 feet of the summit was destroyed by the eruption and the preceding landslide. A massive cloud of volcanic ash rose 80,000 feet into the air- covering eastern Washington State in a blanket of darkness. Could she erupt again? According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Mount St. Helens is still an active volcano. While volcanic activity has been relatively minor since the 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens could explode again during our lifetimes, but another eruption with the same magnitude as the 1980 eruption is unlikely. #shorts

[khyr]

All that blown down timber in the video??. I worked that blast zone blowdown timber recovery. No one was allowed close to the volcano until about 1982, then the timber recovery began in the Red Zone. Finally finished that timber recovery around 1984-85.

You can still go up to Windy Ridge viewpoint and scoop up big handfuls of buoyant lightweight pumice rock that has been cleaned by the elements. I go up and grab a small bag of pumice every few years, for use as propane BBQ briquettes.

[grandma]

I was on a plane two weeks after and it was still smoking . It was amazing to see but feel bad for all the damage 😢

[Itsallgood]

Coincidentally that was the same exact day people realized they shouldn't have been around it.

[shyloswick]

I remember when this happened and don't say onlikely mother nature does what she wants when she wants when are the so called experts gonna realize that

[ParkerLangford]

Me just here in oregon i saw this ocure it was craxyyy asf

[AshleySpeaksU]

No wildlife was killed-only the humans who rejected the evacuation. The animals had long fled due to the tremors and an increasing heat and Sulphur being released in tiny fissures in the forest floor for miles around her in the previous months as she "bulged".

[julianf.wheeler]

Up next: Saying it is “unlikely” to Orting, WA, living downslide from Mt. Rainier’s lahar nostrils. :-/

[peterjohn]

wait wait, you said strongest volcano in us histoy?
Yellowstone crying in the corner:

[gw]

Wait till Yellowstone goes and triggers the ice age. The real demise of us.

[kelvinkibe]

when you look at the video, it looks like an implosion and not an eruption. Was there a larva flow?

[JamesMurray-tk]

I was at the eruption of the mountain.

[aaron]

More powerful than the 1957 underground nuclear test in Sedan?

[Jtr_cereal_killer]

Wait till mt hood or mt Rainier blow or even yellowstone

[carsongallegos]

Novarupta is the most powerful in recorded US history

[coloradomountainman]

"was destroyed by the eruption and the preceding landslide."...So what you are saying is that the landslide occurred before the eruption. Methinks you need to rethink your narrative.

[turtlesoul]

Wait "the most powerful volcanic eruption in American history"?!