Mount St Helens Eruption 1980 KIMA-TV Yakima, WA

LIVE news updates broadcast on KIMA-TV Yakima, WA on May 18, 1980. Mount St Helens eruption blankets Yakima with volcanic ash so thick that it blocked out the sun in the middle of the day! The eerie, dark video of Yakima shot by KIMA-TV photographer Bob Romero was re-broadcast on TV news networks all over the world and became one of the most memorable scenes of the historic event.