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Nearly 600 kilometers of devastation and a collapse that changed the map forever: the history of Mount St. Helens
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On May 18, 1980, an earthquake caused the collapse of the volcano's north flank and an explosion that devastated part of the region. The ash cloud crossed several states, while failures in the evacuation zone exposed dozens of people to danger.
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