Mount St. Helens is most notorious for its major 1980 eruption, the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. Fifty-seven people were killed.
In 1980 when Mt. Saint Helens erupted it killed fifty seven people (Wikipedia). Resource Wikipedia. (2008). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens Encarta. http://encarta.msn.com/media_461517894/Eruption_of_Mount_Saint_Helens.html
57 people were confirmed to have died as a result of the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980.
Yes. I understood that there were 21 people that died as a direct result of the eruption. These were people who did not heed the warnings to get out of the area, Including an old man who didn't believe that Mt. St. Helen was a volcano. He was wrong.
There were a total of 57 confirmed fatalities directly caused by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
AnswerIn 1980 a series of Large Earthquakes awakened the previous sleeping volcano, Mt. St Helens. A Pyroclastic eruption was caused when a huge explosion blasted out the side of the Volcano, which also caused a huge Landslide. 57 people died including local man Harry Truman who refused to leave his home at Spirit Lake, and Daniel Johnston a local Volcanologist was killed in the Ash cloud. It was one of America's biggest Earthquakes!
In 1980 when Mt. Saint Helens erupted it killed fifty seven people (Wikipedia). Resource Wikipedia. (2008). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens Encarta. http://encarta.msn.com/media_461517894/Eruption_of_Mount_Saint_Helens.html
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57 people were confirmed to have died as a result of the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980.
Yes. I understood that there were 21 people that died as a direct result of the eruption. These were people who did not heed the warnings to get out of the area, Including an old man who didn't believe that Mt. St. Helen was a volcano. He was wrong.
There were a total of 57 confirmed fatalities directly caused by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
This volcano killed 57 people from the volcano's eruption its self, but 7 people died in accidents related to the eruption, including a plane crash and a car accident
Many people remember that fateful day as a memorial for the hundreds of people who died.
Harry R. Truman died in the 1980 Mount Saint Helens Eruptions. He became famous because of a posthumous book and a film about him.
AnswerIn 1980 a series of Large Earthquakes awakened the previous sleeping volcano, Mt. St Helens. A Pyroclastic eruption was caused when a huge explosion blasted out the side of the Volcano, which also caused a huge Landslide. 57 people died including local man Harry Truman who refused to leave his home at Spirit Lake, and Daniel Johnston a local Volcanologist was killed in the Ash cloud. It was one of America's biggest Earthquakes!
There were no deaths during the 2004 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The eruption that caused fatalities occurred on May 18, 1980, resulting in the deaths of 57 people.
Harry Truman was a resident and owner of the Mount St. Helens Lodge on Spirit Lake. He famously refused to leave his property despite warnings of the impending eruption and sadly perished when the volcano erupted in 1980.
In May of 2000, a memorial plaque was placed in a grove of trees at the Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor's Center in memory of the victims of the Mt. St. Helens eruption. Fifty-seven names are etched into the plaque.57 people were killed directly by the eruption. There was also a plane crash, a traffic accident, and shoveling ash which killed a total of 7 more. So don't go live near mt. saint Helens. I am not saying don't go vist it I am saying don't live next to it or near it.57 People died in the eruption.There was a relatively low death toll due to the eruption of Mount St. Helens because most of the people were evacuated. In total, fifty-seven people died in the eruption. The people that did die were either those who refused to leave or those who were monitoring the volcano. RIP.