There is something quietly disorienting about standing in the middle of a high desert and realizing the ground beneath your ...
Who will stop the Rain-ier? Scientists are warning that Washington’s Mount Rainier could unleash a catastrophic mudslide that has the potential to devastate three large towns within minutes. Often ...
After Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, experts were faced with a precarious question: How can we best prepare for when—not if—the next volcanic eruption in the Cascade Range occurs? Triggered by a ...
From 1976: A geologist made a prophetic prediction about which Cascade Range volcano was likely to erupt first: Mount St. Helens. That particular mountain “has a violent history with consistent ...
The great hot blast of May 1915 roared down the northeast face of Lassen Peak carrying mud and debris 150 miles an hour for *** distance of 3 miles and left *** layer of mud on ranch land 25 miles ...