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Mount St Helens By Ashleigh and Abi!. Mount St Helens March 1980 sign that the volcano was going to erupt. Earthquakes alert positive eruption. USGS.

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1 Mount St Helens By Ashleigh and Abi!

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3 Mount St Helens March 1980 sign that the volcano was going to erupt. Earthquakes alert positive eruption. USGS arrive to moniter. Scientists and geographers. April, bulge on N.side= magma. Used lasers to measure rising of north side.

4 - May 18 th 8:32 am giant E.Q people evacuated. -N.side collapsed (lateral blast) ash clouds, animals killed,57 dead 23m squared trees destroyed 600 ft debris. People not allowed within 30 miles. -2,000 ft crater now 2 miles. -⅔ cubic miles rock landslide. -rock weakend by movement of super heated water.=land slide. -pyroclastic flow,230 m sqaured trees to north (surge). -ash cloud 3x height of everest. -had enough energy to go up over another mountain 300m/s -24hrs before help/monitering -5.1 earthquake =landslide of n.face -rotten rock,due to hot volcanic water going through it.

5 -30 mins=ash cloud -lahars-melt snow and ash/soil 100mile range,toutle river 90mph. -27 bridges -65 miles3


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