On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted, with an explosion 1,600 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Ash fell in at least eleven U.S. states, lahars (volcanic mud flows) that were fed by melted glaciers and the lateral blast, composed of volcanic gases, lava, and pulverized rock might have surpassed the speed of […]
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