The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption in Washington State illustrated the hazards and impacts of ground-hugging volcanic blasts on natural landscapes and human infrastructure.
the victims were killed is still considered an active crime scene and will be closed off until at least february 1. as for kohberger, he ll, back here in court next thursday. norah. o donnell: omar villafranca, thank you so much. let s turn now to california where tens of thousands of residents are still without power after the state was hit with hurricane-force wind guforts, heavy rains, and record flooding. the beachside community of santa cruz was one of the hardest hit with roads washed away and one of its historic piers damaged.ue rounds of storms are in the forecast through the weekend. so for more, let s bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. reporter: norah, good evening. a series of high-impact storms still on the way in the west coast over the next seven days. three different storms aim at california, all of them with big wind and big rain. mud flows, debris flows, as well as flash flooding all major concerns from
ljy another threat, another hazard posed by semeru in particular. because it is so tall and because there were so much rainfall in such frequent eruptions depositing fine material on the slopes, you can get very frequent mod flows which can extend even farther than the pyroclastic flows, up to 20 kilometres away. to the risk we have now is a combination of both pyroclastic flows and the mud flows, particularly to the south east of the volcano. particularly to the south-east of the volcano- particularly to the south-east of the volcano. the pictures we are seeinr the volcano. the pictures we are seeing are the volcano. the pictures we are seeing are absolutely the volcano. the pictures we are - seeing are absolutely extraordinary. we are seeing homes with that huge ash cloud looking extremely close. how active is this volcano, and if it is very active on a repeated basis, is it surprising people live so close? it’s basis, is it surprising people live so close? , , so close? it
much rainfall and such frequent eruptions depositing fine material on the slopes, you can get very frequent mod flows which can extend even farther than the pyroclastic flows, up to 20 kilometres away. to the risk we have now is a combination of both pyroclastic flows and the mud flows, particularly to the south east of the volcano. the pictures we are seeing are absolutely extraordinary. we are seeing homes with that huge ash cloud looking extremely close. how active is this volcano, and if it is very active on a repeated basis, is it surprising people live so close? it s extremely active. one of the realities of volcanoes is that when there is a period of repose, the soils which surround them tend to be very fertile, so they are idealfor agriculture. indonesia, because there are so many volcanoes, there s hardly any place which is completely free of volcanic risk, so there isn t much you can do.
because it is so tall and because there were so much rainfall and such frequent eruptions depositing fine material on the slopes, you can get very frequent mod flows which can extend even farther than the pyroclastic flows, up to 20 kilometres away. to the risk we have now is a combination of both pyroclastic flows and the mud flows, particularly to the south east of the volcano. the pictures we are seeing are absolutely extraordinary. we were seeing homes with that huge ash cloud looking extremely close. how active is this volcano, and if it is very active on a repeated basis, is it surprising people live so close? it s extremely active. one of the realities of volcanoes is that when there is a period of repose, the soils which surround them tend to be very fertile, so they are ideal for agriculture.