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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to start raising a dam used to catch millions of tons of Mount St. Helens sediment that flows each year from the mountain into the Toutle, Cowlitz and Columbia ...

The sediment retention structure is seen on May 21. It was built in response to the Mount St. Helens eruption. (Henry Brannan/The Columbian) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to start raising a ...

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to start raising a dam used to catch millions of tons of Mount St. Helens’ sediment that flows each year from the mountain into the Toutle, Cowlitz and Columbia ...

CASTLE ROCK, Wash. — City and county leaders across Cowlitz County are raising alarms about escalating flood risks along the Cowlitz River, warning that sediment from Mount St. Helens continues to ...

Leaders around Cowlitz County said Friday that sediment from Mount St. Helens worsened flooding along the Cowlitz River and called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to start dredging it — a request ...

Roger del Moral sat on a plane headed back from Kentucky on May 18, 1980. Mount St. Helens had been in unrest since March 1980, and academics all over the PNW awaited the Cascade volcano’s eruption.

A hazy cloud that emerged over the active volcano was the result of high winds rather than a new eruption. By Amy Graff and Soumya Karlamangla On the morning of May 18, 1980, the most destructive ...