What is the current status of Mt. St. Helens? What are the chances it will erupt again soon?
Jim
Hi Jim,
I think the best place to look for this answer is either in the "fire and
life" section of VolcanoWorld, or on the Cascades Volcano Observatory home
page. All I know is that Mt. St. Helens has a lava dome that is still
warm and steaming a little but that it hasn't had an explosion for a
number of years.
Of course the volcano itself is not dead by any means. The eruption prior
to the famous 1980 eruption took place in the late 1800's. Certainly
within the next 50-100 years we can expect another eruption, perhaps
another big one.
Sincerely,
Scott Rowland, University of Hawaii
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