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 ...

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 ...

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 ...