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Mount St Helens raises hazard level and orders evacuations
Government scientists raised the alert level at Mount St. Helens to 3 as a second steam eruption and a strong tremor indicated an imminent or in progress eruption. Hundreds of visitors at Johnston Ridge Observatory were told to leave and relocate to safer areas while USGS and Interior officials warned of ash plumes and possible lava activity.
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Mount ST. Helens National Monument
Wash
Mount St. Helens
Johnston Ridge Observatory
Coldwater Ridge Visitors Center
U.S. Geological Survey
Tom Pierson
Observatory
Pierson
Steele
Washington
Oregon
Tom Yelin
USGS
UW Lab
Seattle
Gale Norton
Norton
Bill Steele
University of Washington