Surviving Disaster Season 1 Episode 2

Eruption at Mount St Helens

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Season 1 Episode 2

Docu-drama recreating the eruption of Mount St Helens, Washington State, in 1980. The disaster was preceded by a series of earthquakes and a discharge of ash and steam, and scientists struggled to determine whether anything could be done to avert the danger, while many locals refused to move in the face of imminent catastrophe. When the explosion finally occurred, the destructive force was estimated at 500 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb. Featuring eyewitness accounts from reporters, visitors and researchers