Who will stop the Rain-ier? Scientists are warning that Washington’s Mount Rainier could unleash a catastrophic mudslide that ...

These fast-moving mudflows can devastate towns in a matter of minutes.

The 1980 eruption cycle made Mount St. Helens one of the most famous and now best-monitored volcanoes in the Cascades. But it is far from the only volcano in the range. From southern British Columbia ...

New research offers clues as to why Mount St. Helens is one of the most explosive volcanoes in the Cascade range and why it stands apart from the chain of other Cascade volcanoes. Scientists from the ...

To the east of Mount Rainier are the remains of a once-mighty Cascade volcano. In the hills outside of Naches, Washington, at the foot of Mount Rainier are the remains of a much older volcano. Join ...

Social media videos are stoking fears about a catastrophic eruption in central Oregon, but the science tells a different story.

Mount Rainier (Figure 2.1) is one of about two dozen recently active volcanoes in the Cascade Range, a volcanic arc formed by subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate beneath the North American plate.

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A "swarm" of earthquakes began at Mount Rainier in Washington in the ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — More than 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington's Mount St. Helens in recent months, though there are no signs of an imminent eruption, according to the U.S.

From southern British Columbia to Northern California, the Cascade Range comprises an 800-mile chain of volcanoes. So, how did this volcanic landscape come to be? “In the Cascades, broadly, we’re ...