Volcanologists monitoring the Pacific Northwest have issued renewed warnings about several volcanic systems along the Cascade ...

Experts in volcanology observing the Pacific Northwest have raised fresh alerts regarding various volcanic systems within the ...

These fast-moving mudflows can devastate towns in a matter of minutes.

Social media videos are stoking fears about a catastrophic eruption in central Oregon, but the science tells a different story.

Among the snow-capped volcanoes of the Pacific Northwest, Mount Adams gets relatively little love. There are more glamorous volcanoes to climb (Mount Rainier) or to ski (Mount Hood) or that have ...

The 1980 eruption cycle made Mount St. Helens one of the most famous and now best-monitored volcanoes in the Cascades. But it is far from the only volcano in the range. From southern British Columbia ...

Experts fear that Mount Rainier could unleash deadly mudflows and flatten three nearby towns within minutes.

Scientists have begun a long overdue study of Glacier Peak in Snohomish County – the second most explosive volcano in the Cascades after Mount St. Helens – in what they hope will lead to badly needed ...

At the risk of this blog becoming all volcanoes, all the time, I bring you... more volcanoes! Two of my favorite geobloggers wrote mustn't-miss posts on some of our Cascades volcanoes. They showcase ...

Mount Rainier (Figure 2.1) is one of about two dozen recently active volcanoes in the Cascade Range, a volcanic arc formed by subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate beneath the North American plate.

The previous chapters reviewed the hazards to property and life from Mount Rainier and outlined research needed to provide for better understanding of their nature and frequency of occurrence. This ...