News 9 Flashback (1980): Mount St. Helens Erupts, Killing 57

<p>While the world watches Kilauea erupt in Hawaii in 2018, we recently passed the 38th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980. That eruption killed 57 people and sent ash across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. In this News 9 Flashback, we put together some file footage from the News 9 vault, all the way back in 1980. Check out the video atop this page. Click here to watch more News 9 Flashback features, or email us to request what you'd like to see from yesteryear.</p>

Monday, May 21st 2018, 5:58 pm

By: News 9


While the world watches Kilauea erupt in Hawaii in 2018, we recently passed the 38th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980.

That eruption killed 57 people and sent ash across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

In this News 9 Flashback, we put together some file footage from the News 9 vault, all the way back in 1980. Check out the video atop this page.

Watch the video at the top of the page, and click here for more News 9 Flashback stories. Heck, we'd love to take your requests, too. Email us at ryan.welton@news9.net.

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