The Most Dangerous Volcanic Threat to America Is Coming. And It Doesn’t Need an Eruption to Begin.

A Mount Rainier lahar could reach nearby towns in about 30 minutes, making volcanic mudflows a major Cascade Range hazard.
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What should you do in Puyallup during a volcanic lahar? Here’s what to expect

Danger from Mount Rainier isn’t always born from smoke and ash. According to the United States Geological Survey, the last significant event to happen at Mount Rainier was a no-notice lahar: a ...
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Watch out for lahar, Albay folk warned

LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY, Philippines — Government volcanologists on Thursday warned that huge volumes of volcanic debris ...
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Lahar detection system upgraded for mount rainier

In the shadow of Washington State’s Mount Rainier, about 90,000 people live in the path of a potential large lahar—a destructive, fluid and fast-moving debris flow associated with volcanic slopes. At ...
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Could a WA volcano erupt again in our lifetime? What would happen and how you can prepare

The most destructive volcanic eruption in United States history happened less than half a century ago in Washington state. On May 18, 1980, the north side of Mount St. Helens, in southwestern ...
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If Rainier’s volcanic eruption doesn’t scare you, the mudflow should

An outpouring of magma isn’t the biggest risk to people downhill from Mount Rainier. The active volcano’s greatest danger comes from lahars — amalgams of mud, rock and water that are as dense as wet ...
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Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano keeping scientists up at night

(CNN) — The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years. Yet ...