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, more ...

The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 14,411 feet (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years. Yet, more ...

With researchers monitoring Mount Rainier so closely, Iezzi said if a big eruption were to occur, it’s likely "we would be able to see it for months in advance.” Such an eruption, with certain ...

The eruption destroyed 158 miles of highway ... “If the slightest sign of unrest came to Mount St. Helens or Mount Rainier, ...

In 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted, killing dozens and forever changing how the US monitors earthquakes. The volcano is still ...

Mount Rainier, the massive stratovolcano in Washington state, has remained dormant for over 1,000 years, but experts caution that an eruption is inevitable. If it were to erupt, the consequences ...

57 people died in the eruption, but the disaster gave scientists a way to develop monitoring tools, improving their ability ...

On Wednesday, Mount Rainier National Park rangers and ... Computer simulations have shown that an eruption of Rainier could kill as many as 5,000 people, many of them in mud flows that would ...

The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens in southern Washington claimed 57 lives and blasted the terrain of old-growth ...

The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not ...