Remembering the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption 46 years later

PORTLAND, Ore. — Monday marks 46 years since the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens, one of the most destructive volcanic events in U.S. history.

On May 18, 1980, the Washington volcano erupted with tremendous force, killing 57 people and devastating roughly 210 square miles of wilderness in the Cascade Range.

Veteran KGW8 reporter Boy Levet was there to cover the disaster, and we spoke to him again about what that day was like…

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