did anyone die?
Yes, The ash fall created some temporary major problems with transportation, sewage disposal, and water treatment systems. Visibility was greatly decreased during the ash fall, closing many highways and roads. Interstate 90 from Seattle to Spokane was closed for a week and a half.
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
There is a minor controversy in regard to the exact death toll. The figure most commonly cited is 57
what day of the week was may 25 2008 UNANSWERABLE what led to this eruption? It initiated as a series of phreatic blasts from the summit then escalated on May 18, 1980, as a major explosive eruption. how was the climate that time? As May 18 dawned, Mount St. Helens' activity did not show any change from the pattern of the preceding month. The rate of bulge movement, sulfur dioxide emission, and ground temperature readings did not reveal any changes indicating a catastrophic eruption what were the damages incurred? The ash fall created some temporary major problems with transportation, sewage disposal, and water treatment systems. Visibility was greatly decreased during the ash fall, closing many highways and roads. Interstate 90 from Seattle to Spokane was closed for a week and a half.
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1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens [SEP] Disputed death toll
There is a minor controversy in regard to the exact death toll. The figure most commonly cited is 57. However, there are two points of dispute. The first point regards two officially listed victims, Paul Hiatt and Dale Thayer. They were reported missing after the explosion. In the aftermath, investigators were able to locate individuals named Paul Hiatt and Dale Thayer who were alive and well. However, they were unable to determine who reported Hiatt missing, and the person who was listed as reporting Thayer missing claimed she was not the one who had done so. Since the investigators could not thus verify that they were the "same" Hiatt and Thayer who were reported missing, the names remain listed among the presumed dead.