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One resident of the Toledo/Washington area appears to be taking ashfall from Mt. St. Helens in stride. Having a smoke through his protective mask.

Ash filled the sky at noon and it stayed dark all Sunday and not until Monday were residents able to move about and see the damage that this mountain, 70 miles away, had done. For those first few days after the eruption, Yakima looked more like a…

Ash filled the sky at noon and it stayed dark all Sunday and not until Monday were residents able to move about and see the damage that this mountain, 70 miles away, had done. For those first few days after the eruption, Yakima looked more like a…

Ash filled the sky at noon and it stayed dark all Sunday and not until Monday were residents able to move about and see the damage that this mountain, 70 miles away, had done. For those first few days after the eruption, Yakima looked more like a…

A killer tornado which struck Kalamazoo, MI in May took five lives. Three victims were killed when seven-story department store, background, collapsed. Car is on top of three-story parking ramp next to store.

This pony turns its backside to the wind to protect itself from the 90 mph winds of Hurricane Allen which slammed the Texas coast in August. The picture was made near Corpus Christi.

During 50 mph winds and driving rain, a Corpus Christi resident surveys the damage to her sailboat after Hurricane Allen slammed into the Texas coast.

Flowing north into the winter from the spring of southern Minnesota, the Red River floods farmlands for miles.

An unusually warm winter in Washington's Cascade mountains brought an early runoff and flooding problem in 1980, and small-town residents found themselves defending their homes from the waters while most Americans were celebrating Christmas.

What once was a green bayside lawn in Baytown, Texas subsided into Houston Bay as thirst for ground water drew away the ground's aquatic support.