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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Magma levels are slowly rebuilding inside Mount St. Helens, a volcano in Washington state that erupted in 1980 and killed 57 people, although there was no sign of an impending eruption, U.S. scientists said. ... "The magma reservoir beneath Mount St. Helens has been slowly re-pressurizing since 2008," the U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement on Wednesday. "It is likely that re-pressurization is caused by (the) arrival of a small amount of additional magma 4 to 8 km (2.5 to 5 miles) beneath the surface." The USGS said this is to be expected with an active...

At 8:32 a.m., a 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook open Mount St. Helens in the state of Washington, in what was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the continental United States since the early 1900s. The devastation to the landscape, the forests and the wildlife, was incalculable, and the lives of 57 people were lost that day... Note: it only took Jimmy Carter three days to declare a disaster and visit the area of devastation. Bonus points for the semi-bouffant and extremely geeky Dan Rather appearance, sitting in for Walter Cronkite on the linked video...

VANCOUVER, Wash. - Steam seeping from a fracture atop the lava dome in Mount St. Helens' crater and the mountain's first noteworthy seismic activity since 2004 have caught scientists' attention this week as signs that something is moving inside it. While the likelihood of a major eruption seemed low, scientists have quit venturing into the volcano's crater and are checking the monitoring equipment along St. Helens' flanks. "We're just being cautious. It's not that we're anticipating any activity," Cynthia A. Gardner, scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory, said Wednesday. Geologist John S. Pallister was flying...

Just seen on the Seattle Area 10:00 PM News - a Mt. St Helens Ashfall Advisory has been issued. All they had was a red banner at the bottom of the screen with the advisory. No other news yet to report. Maybe they can expand on the news at 11:00.

SEATTLE - The sheer rock fin emerging in Mount St. Helens' crater lost about a third of its northern face recently, but because lava keeps pushing to the surface, the height remained the same Thursday — around 330 feet. A burst of seismic activity at the mountain Sunday night likely corresponded to the collapse. "Certainly a big piece fell off — something like 65,000 cubic yards," said geologist Dan Dzurisin at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash., about 50 miles from the mountain and 150 miles south of Seattle. Bad weather had iced over scientists' cameras on the rim...

I saw a picture of this on VolcanoDiscovery, and went to the USGS site for pictures. To see more, go to the linked site, click "Current Eruption - Photo Archives". The pictures are "below the fold", and you can see the high-res BIG shots. They don't have the May 6 picture I saw on Volcano Discovery (go to Volcano News), but the May 4 pictures are still pretty impressive. The "Spine of Mount St. Helens" title is a historical reference to the big spine that appeared in the crater of Mt. Pelee after the pyroclastic flow eruption that wiped out...

I just took a peek at Mount St. Helens Volcano Cam and was surpised by an image of steaming or smoke coming out. I have been unable to get a clear view for several days now because the image was all fogged up. There were no news reports that I could find posted yet today. Take a peek if you are curious. Volcano CamWhat ever. Oh, well . . .

Steam event at Mount St. Helens visible at web cam link above. It was also shown on cable news earlier this morning.

This is the Official News Thread for Mt. St. Helens Information. (Please post all future updates, eyewitness account, news, and alerts to this thread.) United States Geological Survey(USGS) United States Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory LiveVolcano Cam from Johnston Ridge Webicorders Current Seismic Activity (See St. Helens - South-Ridge) KXL am 750 - Portland Live News Radio Stream

Click article link to see the article and explanation of how the images were obtained (also includes a true color image and a link to a high-resolution true-color image). At the very top of the high resolution image you can see the Visitor's Center where the VolcanoCam for Mt. St. Helens is located (literally at "the end of the road"). Direct link to the high-resolution IR image (only 1.5 MB, loads pretty easily): StHelens_TIR_MAS2004268_lrg.jpg

Two New Vents Open MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. -- A scientist said there was an "interesting twist" in Tuesday morning's eruption at Mount St. Helens, which started at 9:03 a.m. and lasted for more than an hour. At an afternoon news briefing, Carl Thornber of the U.S. Geological Survey said there was no tremor or other seismic signal going into the eruption, which sent ash and steam thousands of feet into the sky. Thornber said there was no seismicity to speak of during the release, and it quieted down after the eruption. By 1 p.m., the earthquake activity was slowly...

The earthquakes did discontinue for several hours after the eruption. An odd harmonic indicator showed up on seismographs for a few hours that could have indicated magma movement. The earthquakes have drastically kicked up and have resumed their original pattern prior to the eruption. Prior, Eruption, and Post Well after post-eruption

St. Helens is going like a prom queens zit!

There is a 70 percent chance that Mount St. Helens will erupt by the end of October, with an explosion that could blast fist-sized rocks as far as three miles, geologists said Thursday. The eruption would be relatively small, with steam or molten rock limited to the crater, said U.S. Geological Survey research scientist Tom Pierson. Ash might travel as far as 50 miles from the mountain, he said. Thursday the Department of Natural Resources restricted access within a 12-mile radius around the mountain, joining Weyerhaeuser, which closed its St. Helens Tree Farm to the public earlier in the week....

'Volcano Advisory' Issued for Mount Saint Helens POSTED: 10:00 am PDT September 28, 2004 UPDATED: 5:15 pm PDT September 29, 2004 MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. -- Geologists have raised the alert level at Mount Saint Helens to a "volcano advisory," the second highest warning of a possible eruption. IMAGES FROM THE MOUNTAIN Webcam: Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam Slideshow: Looking Back At 1980 Eruption Slideshow: Images From Mount St. Helens Crater Geologists said activity at Mount Saint Helens is "ramping up" and they are more convinced now that magma is moving under the volcano. They expected an eruption would be limited...

Link post; please access the images and links at the link below, and post comments and discussion on that thread, not this one (it's a Chat subject!) Geology Picture of the Week, September 26-October 2, 2004: Etna eruption (and live cam link)