https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil Portland District News RSS Feed en-us Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:45:00 GMT Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:45:57 GMT https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/4237774/45-years-later-the-engineers-who-faced-the-volcano-remember/ When a volcano erupts hurling millions of cubic yards of sediment onto the surrounding area and into local rivers, how does a community deal with it, and where does all that sediment go? <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2025/Jul/09/2003749926/115/75/0/250521-A-KH311-002.JPG' alt='A semi-paved road winds down a grassy embankment to a pool of water against a concrete structure.' /> <br /> Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:45:00 GMT Emilia Foster https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/4237774/45-years-later-the-engineers-who-faced-the-volcano-remember/ Mount St. Helens U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division