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Map of eruption deposits. On March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States. A series of phreatic blasts occurred from the summit and escalated until a major explosive eruption took place on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 am. The eruption, which had a volcanic ...
A city block, residential block, urban block, or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design . In a city with a grid system, the block is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets. City blocks are the space for buildings within the street pattern of a city, and form the basic unit of a city's urban ...
Columbus Circle is a traffic circle and heavily trafficked intersection in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South ( West 59th Street ), and Central Park West, at the southwest corner of Central Park. The circle is the point from which official highway distances from New ...
July 27, 2024 at 12:05 PM. Scottsdale Fire Department. A group of 13 hikers were rescued from an Arizona trail Friday morning amid scorching heat, with a helicopter used to airlift one 10-year-old ...
Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9.3 miles (15.0 km) south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London, it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping district. [ 2] The entire town [ 3] had a population of 192,064 as of 2011 ...
Hike via south slope of volcano (closest area near eruption site) Mount St. Helens (known as Lawetlat'la to the indigenous Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat) is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, [ 1] in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It lies 52 miles (83 km) northeast ...
e. The 15-minute city ( FMC[ 2] or 15mC[ 3]) is an urban planning concept in which most daily necessities and services, such as work, shopping, education, healthcare, and leisure can be easily reached by a 15-minute walk, bike ride, or public transit ride from any point in the city. [ 4] This approach aims to reduce car dependency, promote ...
London. 51°30′26″N 0°07′39″W / . 51.5073°N 0.12755°W. / 51.5073; -0.12755. Charing Cross ( / ˈtʃærɪŋ / CHARR-ing) [ 1] is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet. Since the early 19th century, Charing Cross has been the notional "centre of London " and became the point from which distances from ...