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["Toni Hawryluk" <tonihawr AT msn.com>]

Map of the previous ash plume - *lotta* stuff there !
good photos, interactive information, etc. in the sidebars.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092368/<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092368/>

Mount St. Helens emits steam, ash plume

Small earthquakes continue amid biggest release in latest activity

MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 7:26 p.m. ET Oct. 4, 2004

excerpt :
"Since that first burst of steam and ash [last week], we've had a continuing 
build-up of earthquakes, indicating the pressure still is mounting 
underneath," he said. "USGS crews just yesterday observed dramatic uplift in 
the crater floor underneath the glacier and on part of the lava dome. Cracks 
are opening up, so we know that something is pushing up close to the surface 
right now." 

"Something is driving - like a piston - something is driving up. We believe 
it's magma," said Jeff Wynn, chief scientist for volcano hazards at 
Vancouver, Wash.