The Sky Exploded Over Siberia: The Tunguska Mystery
On June 30, 1908, a cosmic blast flattened 80 million trees in Siberia — and nobody has ever found what caused it.
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When a Mountain Blew Its Top: The 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption
On May 18, 1980, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake triggered the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the most disastrous volcanic event in U.S. history, killing 57 people.