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It erupted May 18, 1980. I remember it very well.. the sky got very dark early in the morning that Sunday.

and sucked me hard

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lava came out

whoever wrote that that is so stupid ever body knows that

that was a sik answer!! well done lava came out do you want a gold medal?

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It erupted in the state of Washington

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i think a volcano eruption happend

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What are the effects of the mt st helens 1980 eruption?

Houses and properties were destroyed in area.


What was the name of the volcano that erupted in the 80's?

the volcano that errupted in 1980 was Mount saint helens. It errupted in march and had a devastating effect on the sorrounding area


What was the damage Mount St Helens caused to the area when it erupted in 1980?

Mud slide and land slides


How big is Mount Saint Helens?

Mt St. Helens is currently 8,365 feet high and covers a large area of about 30 x 30 miles. The crater on top, created in 1980 is about a mile wide.


What is the area of Mount St Helens?

gifford pinchot national forest, Washington


Were is mount st Helens located?

Mount St Helens is located in Skamania County, Washington.


What did Mount Saint Helen Destroy?

Mountain saint Helens is a volcano is South America.The mountain destroyed an area of mature forset roughly 35km by 20km.Trees were pushed flat pointing away from the source of the blast.


What is Mount St. Helens?

Mount St. Helens is a volcanic peak in southwest Washington state, in the Cascade range. In 1980, after 123 years of relative dormancy, it became unstable again.On May 18, 1980, it erupted violently, blasting tons of rock and ash into the air. The south face of the mountain completely collapsed. The summit, which had been building up as the latest in a series of volcanic domes, was completely destroyed. The eruption killed 57 people and did nearly a billion dollars worth of damage to forests and inhabited areas (1980 US dollars). Ash covered thousands of square miles near the area, to various depths.


How much area did vesuvius destroy?

Mount Vesuvius destroyed the area to its south, west and northwest.


Where did the name Mt St Helens Come from?

Mount St. Helens takes its English name from theBritish diplomat Lord St Helens, a friend of explorerGeorge Vancouver who made a survey of the area in the late 18th century.


When was Mount St. Helens first discovered?

Mount St Helens was discovered by HMS Discovery, commanded by Commander George Vancouver on May 19th,1792. He named the mountain after the British diplomat, Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens, on October 20th 1792.In 1829, Hall J Kelly, started a campaign to rename the Cascade Range, (which Mount St Helens is part of) to the Presidents Range, each major mountain being named after a former president. In his plan Mount St Helens would have become Mount Washington.


How do you compare and contrast mount saint helens and Mount Vesuvius?

Similarities: They are both volcanoes, they are both stratovolcanoes, they both killed people, they both erupted, they both made huge ash clouds, they both made tremors, both had magma with high viscosity