Mount St. Helens Anniversary

Today marks the anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state's Cascade Mountains. The eruption, which deposited ash in eleven states, caused more than $1 billion in damages and killed 57 people.

To learn more about Mt. St. Helens, try the following resources:

• Devastation and Recovery at Mt. St. Helens (NASA)
• Mt. St. Helens (CBS News)
• Mt. St. Helens, 30 Years Ago (The Big Picture)
• Mt. St. Helens, 30 Years Later (Wall Street Journal)
• Mt. St. Helens: Back from the Dead (NOVA)
• Mt. St. Helens: New Life, 30 Years Later (NPR)
• Mt. St. Helens Precursor Activity (USGS)
• Volcano Cams (USDA Forest Service)

All of my posts about volcanoes can be found here.