Predicting an Eruption Involves Guesswork
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Mount St. Helens' convulsions over the past week have demonstrated all too clearly that the inner workings of a seething volcano, hidden under miles of rock, remain one of nature's stubborn secrets.
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As scientists warned that an eruption of Mount St Helens seemed imminent, eager tourists camped out along park roads, hoping to catch a glimpse of the seething volcano.
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MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on Mount St. Helens today. Government officials warn that a major eruption will probably happen soon.
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The volcano-watchers who were hoping for a glimpse of a big eruption at Mount St. Helens may have to go home disappointed. &quot;We no longer think an eruption is imminent in the sense of minutes or hours or an
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Scientists have ruled out the possibility of a big eruption at Mount St. Helens soon, based on air samples collected Monday from above the 8,363-foot peak.
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The US is bracing itself for another volcanic eruption, with scientists warning that Mount St Helens could blow its top again in the coming days.
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A large plume of steam is emitting from the top of the Mount St. Helens volcano in the northwest United States, and scientists say an eruption is likely.
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Scientists now expect lava to emerge from Mount St. Helens, but they aren&#39;t sure whether it will explode in the manner of a shaken pop can or ooze as if from a tube of toothpaste.
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Over the weekend, Mt. St. Helens showed again that it may be ready to rattle and sputter back to life
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Scientists tap everything from gas-sniffing devices to GPS systems to better forecast when a mountain will stir. By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Weeks or months of occasional steam blasts and possibly some eruptions of fresh volcanic rock and ash are the most likely scenario at Mount St. Helens, scientists say.
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One scientist is sounding fairly sure there&#39;ll be a small eruption at Mount St. Helens in the next few days -- putting the chances at 70 percent.
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Washington State&#39;s Mount St. Helens volcano is primed to erupt any day now, according to scientists. They predict the blast will be far less powerful than the May 18, 1980, explosion that killed 57 people.
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Scientists increased the alert level warning yesterday of the possibility of an eruption on Mount St. Helens, as they puzzled over the volcano&#39;s peculiar behavior.
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A tremor at Mount St Helens volcano in the US state of Washington prompts fresh warnings of an eruption.
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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii  -- Earthquakes have been rumbling more frequently deep beneath Mauna Loa, suggesting that the world's largest volcano is getting ready to erupt for the first time in 20 years, scientists said.    "We don't believe an eruption is right around the corner, but every day that goes by is one day closer to that event," said Paul Okubo, a seismologist at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island...
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There is a 70 percent chance the current seismic action beneath Mount St. Helens will produce a small eruption within the next few weeks, scientists said Thursday.