Seconds from Disaster
Mount St Helens Eruption
Season 2 Episode 4 of 13
An investigation into the eruption of Mount St Helens in 1980, asking why scientists failed to predict the disaster. The volcano exploded in a cloud of red-hot ash, killing 57 people and laying waste to 230 square miles of woodland after more than 120 years of inactivity. The programme assesses the possibility of such an event happening again
Seconds from Disaster airs on National Geographic Channel at 3:00 PM, Friday 13 March.
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