how many people died due to this event?
57
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. However, there are two points of dispute.
who was president when mt st helens erupted Jimmy Carter where is this mountain located? Skamania County, Washington, United States. on what date did it erupt in the year 1980? May 18, 1980 what are some of the materials released from this eruption? The eruption was preceded by a two-month series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes, caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the volcano that created a large bulge and a fracture system on the mountain's north slope.
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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.