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There are many volcanoes in the world today. The volcano we chose to do a report on is . is a volcano in Washington State, U.S.A. It's 8,364 feet above sea level. is a volcano in the Cascade Range. It's also a volcano in the Ring of Fire. is a composite vo ....

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.... had just blew off her top! On May 18,1980, Mt. St. Helens awakened from a short nap. There had been lots of little earthquakes before the eruption. The ash in the eruption reached speeds of 200 miles a hour. Mt. St. Helens was 9,677 feet high before the eruption, after the eruption it was 8,364 feet high. Sixty people died in the eruption. 230 square miles of timber lay dead and burnt on the ground! All the animals had left the surroundings of Mt. St. Helens. Slime was formed in the lakes by Mt. St. Helens by the eruption. A senior citizen (84) named Harry Fruman would not leave his home on Mt. St. Helens, even after a warning of an erup ....