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In this May 17, 1980 file photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory, Mount St. Helens is shown in Washington state, the day before a massive eruption killed 57 people, as viewed from what came to be known as Johnston Ridge, about six miles from the volcano. (AP) In this July 22, 1980 file photo, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington State. (AP) In this May 18, 1980 file photo, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state, sending a plume of ash many miles skyward. (AP) In this May 18, 1980 file photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state, sending a plume of ash many miles skyward. (AP) Smoke, ash and debris spew skyward as Mount St. Helens erupts, sending a plume more than nine miles into the air. At least seven deaths have been attributed to the volcano which is located 45 miles northeast of Portland, Washington. (AP Photo/Jack Smith) In this May 20, 1980 file photo, trees knocked down by the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens are shown along a logging road near the south fork of the Toutle River in Washington state. (AP) An unidentified street worker directs traffic in Yakima, Wash., on May 21, 1980, on a street coated with ash from Mount St. Helens in the days following the May 18, 1980 eruption. (AP) Bob Brown, left, and his brother John attempt to lead three horses to safety out of the Weyerhaeuser 19 mile yard log in Kid Valley, Wash. The yard was flooded by the Toutle River following the eruption of Mount St. Helens. (AP) (AP) (AP) A car covered in ash from the eruption. (AP) A fallen street sign for St. Helens Street in Yakima, Wash., is buried in ash following the May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. Nearby forests were devastated. (AP) People across Washington state were felt the effects of the volcanic eruption. (AP)
Remembering the Mount St. Helens eruption