When most of us think about active volcanoes in the U.S., Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier and a few others will first come to mind. However, one of the most active volcanoes in the region is about a ...

ALSO SEE | Washington state's volcanoes ranked among nation's most hazardous With researchers monitoring Mount Rainier so closely, Iezzi said if a big eruption were to occur, it’s likely "we ...

Thousands of lives are potentially at risk if Mount Rainier were to erupt and on Thursday, students in Pierce County practiced how they would escape if lahars began pushing through their communities.

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal system in 1899, shortly after its last eruption. Park status was the culmination of a long campaign by John ...

Specially prepared CH-47 Chinooks, optimized for mountain operations, carry pararescuemen to the peaks and slopes of Mount Rainier. Their mission is to pull out anyone who might be lost or stuck ...

Mount Rainier - one of many volcanoes found in the ... have not been active in millennia. "Regardless of eruption frequency, we see large magma bodies beneath many volcanoes," explains Guanning ...