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Mount Spurr’s rumbles provide timely reminder of health risks from volcanic ash
When a large volcano erupts, as Mount Spurr appears close to doing about 80 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, it can ...
Volcanic ash is a silent killer, more so than lava: What Alaska needs to know with Mount Spurr likely to erupt
When volcanoes like Alaska’s Mount Spurr erupt, the ash can damage people’s lungs, smother crops and kill animals, and the ...
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Ash from an eruption over 100 years ago still impacts Kodiak. Here's why.
Ash from the 1912 Novarupta eruption periodically hits the west side of Kodiak Island, Larsen Bay and Karluk, roughly 65 ...
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Alaska Volcano Wakes After 30 Years — And a Major City Is in Its Path
A massive volcano in Alaska is showing alarming signs of an imminent eruption, with over 55 earthquakes shaking Mount Spurr in just one week. Experts say the quakes are caused by rising magma cracking ...
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A Day In The Park: Mount Rainier National Park
On a clear sunny day in the Seattle/Tacoma area of Washington State, the locals often remark “The Mountain is out.” Gaze eastward and you, too, will see The Mountain, a 14,410-foot-tall (4,392 meters) ...