Legacy Of Mount St. Helens´ Eruption Puts Thousands More Lives At Risk Than Explosion Did
(WorldNews Environment)

When Washington State`s Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, the 57 resulting deaths were the most recorded for a volcanic eruption in the United States. Yet a report has warned these could be a tiny fraction of the true toll if nothing is done to tackle the legacy the outburst left behind. The danger lies in catastrophic floods that could be unleashed through a failure of a natural dam created during the eruption. When...