"When Mount St. Helens erupted in May of 1980, it lost 1, 300 feet of elevation and gained a new mile and a half wide crater. Debris and ash from the volcanic blast devastated the mountain for miles, crushing, burning, killing, and coating everything. Everyone assumed life could not return to this death zone, maybe for several human lifetimes."
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