On this day in history, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupts, triggers largest landslide in recorded history
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Mount St. Helens erupted on this day in history, May 18, 1980, triggering the largest landslide in recorded history. A total of 57 people lost their lives in the tumult.
"It stood out handsomely, however, from surrounding hills because it rose thousands of feet above them and had a perennial cover of ice and snow," said the site. Christine Rousselle is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
That changed on May 18, when the volcano erupted for the first time in more than a century, says the USGS.
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