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1980 Eruption
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1980 Eruption
Fiery flows of pumice and gas were erupted periodically for more than a year following the eruption.
No trace of the pre-eruption forest remained after the eruption. [Summer, 1980]
The blast levelled forests and killed animals that were aboveground and active at the time of the eruption.
The valley north of the crater was transformed by the eruption. [3 months after eruption]