Helens eruption(s) it was one of the most destructive in the volcanic history of the United States. More than fifty seven people are known to have died in a result of the volcanic eruption. More than one hundred and eighty five miles of roads and fifteen miles of railways were critically hurt or damaged. The volcano used to be a symmetrical cone shape 9,600 feet above sea level until the 1980 eruption. The 1980 eruption removed an upper 1,300 feet of Mount St. Helens summit. It left a horseshoe shaped crater as result, with destroyed and scorched barren wasteland around it. As of today the land is still healing, and recovering its natural beauty. Even though the landscape is now permanently altered. Before the 1980 eruption there was minor eruptions in 1898, 1903, and 1982, but for most of the 20th century it was a beautiful mountain and woodland. And of course that was destroyed in the 1980
Helens eruption(s) it was one of the most destructive in the volcanic history of the United States. More than fifty seven people are known to have died in a result of the volcanic eruption. More than one hundred and eighty five miles of roads and fifteen miles of railways were critically hurt or damaged. The volcano used to be a symmetrical cone shape 9,600 feet above sea level until the 1980 eruption. The 1980 eruption removed an upper 1,300 feet of Mount St. Helens summit. It left a horseshoe shaped crater as result, with destroyed and scorched barren wasteland around it. As of today the land is still healing, and recovering its natural beauty. Even though the landscape is now permanently altered. Before the 1980 eruption there was minor eruptions in 1898, 1903, and 1982, but for most of the 20th century it was a beautiful mountain and woodland. And of course that was destroyed in the 1980