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It was 44 years ago on May 18 that Mt. St. Helens exploded to life, erupting in violent fashion, spewing towering clouds carrying 520 million tons of ash that turned day into night and claiming the lives of 57 people in what remains the largest volcanic eruption in American history.
Flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning might come to mind when considering the types of weather that can turn deadly, but it turns out that more Americans are killed by heat than any other type of extreme weather.
While thunderstorms can impact parts of the U.S. any time of the year, there is a distinct peak for damaging winds from severe storms in early summer.
Big bugs that make a lot of noise â thatâs an apt description of cicadas. These noisy insects can be divided into two groups: annual and periodical, and one group is invading the U.S. this year in numbers not seen since 1803.