Aug. 21—The U.S. Forest Service announced on Friday the selection of a head ranger for the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. There is nobody in the role currently. Jon Gellings has been ...

The social media account for the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington State erupted on Wednesday after someone suggested there might be a better mountain in the continental United States. The ...

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens produced one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in U.S. history, resulting in dozens of deaths and causing more than $1 billion in damage. At 8:32 a.m., what began at ...

In 1980, Washington State's Mount St Helens erupted, resulting in 57 human deaths, the most ever recorded for a volcanic ...

Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano could be just moments away from its next eruption following an uptick in activity about a month ago. The country is in a state of emergency, and thousands of people ...

Mount St. Helens looked like it might be erupting again. Commercial pilots flying in the area Tuesday reported clouds of fine volcanic ash rising into the air above the collapsed dome of the Cascades’ ...

New research offers clues as to why Mount St. Helens is one of the most explosive volcanoes in the Cascade range and why it stands apart from the chain of other Cascade volcanoes. Scientists from the ...

Is it getting ready to rock? Mount Saint Helens in Washington, which notoriously and cataclysmically erupted in 1980 and had its ash reach Montana, has been showing major signs of constant activity ...

Washington state may not have to worry about hurricanes, but it is volcano country. The United States has 161 active volcanoes – all in the western U.S. – but only 18 are classified as a "very high ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The body of an experienced Mount St. Helens climber has been recovered from the crater of the volcano. The Skamania County Sheriff's Office said Monday that the body of 42-year-old ...