“Mt. Shasta tends to have explosive eruptions,” Ball added. “In an explosive event, if you are in the danger zone, you might not be able to escape as people found out with Mount St. Helens.” ...

Northern California's Mount Shasta was included in the top five Thursday on a list of 18 U.S. volcanoes classified as having "very high threat" by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Volcanoes in the Lassen, Shasta and Long Valley areas are capable of producing pyroclastic flows or surges when they do erupt — fast-moving flows of hot ash, rock and gas sweeping down the sides ...

Government scientists are classifying 18 U.S. volcanoes as a "very high threat" because of what's been happening inside them and how close they are to people.

He spoke of an 11-mile tunnel filled with gold and giant skeletons, and said it led straight to the heart of Mount Shasta, an active volcano. Lots of people believed ... Frank, in her 1998 book, "Mt.

The disappearance of Mt. Shasta's snowpack not only has turned its summit brown but also has hastened the melting of glaciers, unleashing torrents of mud and rocks.

Mt. Shasta erupts episodically with 10 or more eruptions occurring in short 500-2,000 year periods, separated by long intervals of 3,000- 5,000 years with few or no eruptions.

Style Editor WEED — A drive north from Chico to the Mt. Shasta area is always a surprise for me. Until we get there, I forget how beautiful and still-pristine this region is. It was late summ… ...

Mt. Shasta glaciers keep growing, ... Mount Shasta — the southernmost volcano in the Cascade range — is actually benefiting from changing weather patterns over the Pacific Ocean. ...

The U.S. Geological Survey has updated its volcano threat assessments for the first time since 2005. The danger list is topped by Hawaii's Kilauea, which has been erupting this year.