This is located in the Cascade range in the washington state in North America. This volcano was formed at a destructive plate boundary and the plates involved are Juan de fuca and the North american plate.The eruption took place in the 18th May 1980 at 8:32am. This volcano caused an earthquake of 5.1 on the rihter scale.
This caused landlsides, pyroclastic waves and mud flows blocking roads meaning there was no way out. Crops were destroyed, people suffocated, animals were found dead, houses and businesses were ruined.It iped out everything within 27km north of the crater. Trees uprooted and tossed around however only 57 people died in this devestating volcano.
The responses were that helicopters were sent to rescue people from homes, emergency treatments were set up, Ash was cleared from roads and the uS president sent 2million dollars for masks to prevent gases from the ash and lahars from suffocating people.Everything needed to be rebuilt so the tourist economy would boost and increase the cities money.
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