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Fifty-seven people lost their lives in the eruption. The area’s abundant wildlife was also devastated. Some 7,000 big game animals and 12 million juvenile salmon were lost. No trees from a dense forest were left standing within 6 miles of the summit.
There is no question the avalanches and eruption transformed the landscape – forming new lakes and ponds, filling in valleys, covering much of the forest floor with ash. But out of the devastation has emerged a new ecosystem, challenging what we know about the ability of landscapes to recover after a disaster and is serving a model for other parts of the world like Chile and Indonesia where volcanoes have charred whole ecosystems.
भिडियो हेर्न तलको बिज्ञापन लाइ हटाउनुहोस
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