Many have puzzled over the haunting photo of the Ford Pinto with the motorcycle, and Mount St. Helens exploding in the ...

It was a quiet Sunday morning, at 8:32 a.m., 38 years ago when Mount St. Helens blew its top, sending tons of ash into the sky. The volcano had been quiet since the 1850s, but in 1980, geologists were ...

Mount Saint Helens showed clear warning signs for months before it erupted in May 1980. Earthquakes shook the mountain, a massive bulge formed, and scientists raised alarms. Despite this, access ...

It was 45 years ago today when Mount St. Helens erupted, triggering the biggest landslide in Earth’s recorded history and creating an ash cloud that reached across the country. John Yang looks back at ...