Research Paper On Mount St. Helens

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Mount St. Helens Eruption I have never experienced a volcano erupting before because there are no volcanos where I live. A volcano is a hole in the earth’s surface where gasses, magma, pieces of rocks, and ashes explode from the earth. Mt St. Helens eruption included many details common to other eruptions that caused damage and destruction to property and lives affected the region has recovered in its aftermath. The eruption of Mt St. Helens had a dramatic affect common to many other eruptions around the world. This disaster occurred in Washington on May 18, 1980. 57 people were killed including a geologist named Johnston who was studying the mountain. This eruption caused much damage and destructions. The mountain was about 9,677

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