Lt ___ on the morning of May, 18, 1980. Suddenly, one of the majestic mountain peaks in the Cascade Range of the North-Western

It happened in the morning of May, 18, 1980. Suddenly, one of the majestic mountain peaks in the Cascade Range of the North-Western United States Mount St. Helen blew its top. Scientists estimated that the mountain had exploded with the force of ten million tons of TNT. Within hours over 230 square miles of the beautiful forest were transformed into a gray lunarlike wasteland and sixty people were dead. The Indians of the Northwest once have called the peak Fire Mountain. Now the whole world know that Mount St. Helen is indeed live volcano.