Volcanoes inspire awe with spectacular eruptions and incandescent rivers of lava, but often their deadliest hazard is what ...

A geologist from Eastern Washington State College returned from a research trip and warned that one of Washington’s volcanoes ...

Nearly 300,000 people in Alaska are at risk ahead of the potential eruption of Mount Spurr, near Anchorage, amid increasing fears the 11,000ft volcano may be set to erupt following dozens of ...

Alaska residents are again being urged to brace themselves for a possible eruption of Mount Spurr. Following up on last week's warning, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reiterated in a series of ...

Anchorage, Alaska - Alaska’s Mount Spurr volcano continues to show signs of unrest, and that has led to an alert level increase in the city of Anchorage as fears of an impending eruption grow.

Volcanoes can look like small mountains or hills. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows magma, hot ash and gases to escape. Composite volcanoes are the most common type of volcano.