During Mount Saint Helens's May 18, 1980, eruption, the top 1,300 feet of the volcano crumbled, initiating a steam - powered blast that tore off the peak's north flank and sent more than 5 billion cubic feet of volcanic mud flowing into nearby river channels. (discovermagazine.com)
These individuals we call leaders, have contributed and led us into the temptations, of wars, genocides, massacres, exposed people and whole society to live at the foot of a volcano, in proximity of the oceans, rivers, mountains, concur land and territories and die for the cause and belief. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
The eruption destroyed the top three thousand feet of the volcano, blasting it into the air in pieces, leaving behind only a large crater three miles wide and half a mile deep, as though the mountain had been struck by a meteor. (scientificamerican.com)