kgw.com Web  

404 Not Found

404 Not Found

/includes/newcheck/newcheck.jsp was not found on this server.


Resin-3.0.8 (built Tue, 08 Jun 2004 02:25:40 PDT) Dome collapses at Mt. St. Helens, sending ash 4,000 feet high

12:03 PM PDT on Sunday, October 22, 2006

By FRANK MUNGEAM, kgw.com Staff

More ... Custom Video ...

An ash cloud rose about 4,000 feet in the air from Mt. St. Helens Saturday afternoon shortly after 3 p.m.

Mt St Helens Natl Park

A plume of ash rises up from Mt. St. Helens following the collapse of a lava dome .

According to Park Ranger Peggy Bohan, a rock fall on lava dome # 7 caused a massive dome collapse that kicked up the towering ash plume.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a corresponding 3.5 magnitude earthquake at the mountain at 3:13 p.m.

Advertisement

Popular Stories