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It started off with a small explosion. -
The mountain creates a small crater. -
18 steam eruptions happen. -
The magma went to the side of the mountain. -
People were evacuated from the area and their homes. -
They let everyone back into their homes because the people were protesting against them. -
Mount St. Helen's erupted right after they let everyone back into the area. -
The ash cloud rose into the sky which could be seen from 10 miles away. Lightning begin to form in the cloud. -
The ash cloud stretched 12 miles in length, and covered the air so you barely could see. -
The ash cloud covered 206 miles in horizontally and vertically. -
At 8:34 AM, the mountain starts to melt and it creates a lahar. -
At 9:45 AM, the ash cloud starts to head east. -
At 10:10 AM, The ash cloud reaches Spoken Washington -
At 2:10 in the afternoon, The eruption is still going strong. -
At 5:30 pm, The eruptions starts to decrease. -
The ash cloud finally starts to part ways and disappear. -
It erupts again but only a minor event that didn't really cause a lot of damage. -
The first tree is planted, almost year after the first eruption destroyed everything