47 went missing out of which 15 were found alive later.
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
92,000 people were killed during the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815.
how did people prepare for the mt. st. helens eruption
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.
57 People died in the eruption.
57 people were listed as being killed as a direct result of the eruption of Mt St Helens, 18 May, 1980. This was the worst eruption of a volcano in the USA. It was measured as only 5.1 on the Richter scale. The tsunami wave in Japan in 2011 was produced by a 9.0 Richter scale reading. It left almost 16,000 people dead.
some people say mnt.st helens is dormant but the only dormant volcano is paricutin a volcano in Mexico but mnt.st helens is the most active volcano in the paciffic north west
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens killed 57 people.
57 people were killed by the volcanic eruption in Saint Helens in May 1980.
people died
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
the most recent volcanic eruption in the u.s. was the eruption of mnt.st helens on may 18th 1980 it was on a Sunday morning in Vancouver,Washington at about 8:32 mnt.st helens erupted it destroyed forests it killed every animal in its path near the volcano it many people lost there lives and mnt.st helens blew its top the right side was completely torn off.