How Did Mt St. Helens Volcano Blast

Now this is a story all about how two volcanoes erupted and destroyed three towns. This will take a while so just sit right there while I tell you all about the blast and the ash-filled air. On the west coast of Italy sat Pompeii, when August 24 advanced their way. No one was prepared for what happened that day. When the blast occurred, they all began to pray. When the sky began to fall, most of them tried to flee, but some of the others thought differently. The ones that remained were killed almost instantly. All of their deaths were caused by the ash and the burning hot air. Far into the future on Mount St. Helens, everything within eight miles turned into ruins. When an earthquake triggered the volcano that morning, nearly twenty-two hundred
Helens, a stratovolcano, is located in Southwestern Washington. It is ranked 5 on the explosivity index. The eruption at Mount St. Helens was triggered by an earthquake that occurred at 8:32 am on the eighteenth of May, 1980. Scientists had been monitoring seismic activity for months before the eruption. When the volcano erupted, over 230 square miles were within the direct blast of the eruption. All 230 miles were completely totaled. Hot mud, which was moving at over 90 miles per hour, which cleared away everything that was in its path. The volcano, which used to be a symmetrical cone that stood at about 9,600 feet tall, is now horseshoe shaped and only stands at 8,300 feet tall. The landscape has been permanently altered since that day. More than 200 homes were destroyed in the blast. Over 185 miles of roads and over 15 miles of railways were also destroyed. Ash was blasted out of the volcano at over 650 miles per hour. Nearly 540 million tons of that ash drifted and settled over 2,220 square miles, reaching across seven states before finally ending in Minnesota. The cost to repair all of the damage caused by the eruption cost well over 1.1 billion dollars. It is considered to be the most destructive volcano in the United
Helens is nowhere near that of Mount Vesuvius. While the Pompeii incident killed more than 2,000 people, the explosion of Mount St. Helens only killed fifty-seven people. Just like the stubborn few in Pompeii who refused to evacuate, the fifty-seven people who died in Washington also refused to evacuate the area. Their deaths were caused by many various injuries. The most prominent causes of death included, but are not limited to, suffocation from the ash that was mixed into the air and severe burns. Neither of the volcanoes were shield