They announced in mid-March that the chances had gone up for Mount Spurr to blow "within the next few weeks or months." So how do they know that? And what should Southcentral Alaska residents do ...

The volcano in Alaska awakens again Mount Spurr (3,375 m) is an ice-covered, active volcano located in Alaska, near Cook Inlet, about 130 km west of Anchorage. It is part of the so-called island ...