That same report, which framed Rainier as America’s deadliest volcano because of the number of people in harm’s way, pointed back to its last major eruption and the scale of past lahars to explain why ...

Autopsies showed that most of the people killed in the eruption likely died from asphyxiation after inhaling hot ash, according to the USGS. Truman, who owned a lodge on Spirit Lake for more than 50 ...

Guatemala's Volcano of Fire is erupting, prompting authorities to evacuate nearly 300 families and warn that an additional 30,000 people in the area could be at risk. The eruption of "Volcan de Fuego" ...

Peggy Short-Nottage and her husband joined sightseers rushing to Mount St. Helens when volcanic activity escalated in the spring of 1980. Instead of hopping in a car and making the drive to ...

On a single day in November 2025, emergency managers across Washington state were inundated with calls about an eruption at Mount Rainier that was not happening. Viral online posts and sensational ...

And although those volcano eruptions are not part of a trend, experts have said, the volcanoes in question are far from the ...