Eruption of Mt. Saint Helens in 1980

Mt. St. Helens is part of the Cascades mountain range in the United States. Cascades mountain range settles on a destructive margin. Juan De Fuca plate (oceanic crust) moved towards the North American Plate (Continental Crust) and formed Cascades mountain range. Over 120years, Juan De Fuca plate had moved towards the North American Plate bit by bit and had pressured it. The pressure had been released in the year of 1980 and marked magnitude 5 on the …

…a bigger damage on the country. When Mt. Pinatubo erupts Philippines will have a major problem. Since the United States is an MEDC they supply things such as food faster than the Philippines. They'll also be faster in fixing phone lines and electric supply. The United States will also be faster dealing with the problems since they have supplies unlike the Philippines. LEDC will suffer more from volcanic eruptions since they don't have enough supplies.