East Pierce County schools drill lahar evacuation for 20,000 students across districts

They are some of the most dangerous natural events around our Cascade volcanoes. Lahars can slam communities far from the ...
The Columbian

A lahar on Mount Adams would put thousands at risk but monitoring stations would warn of dangerous flows

TROUT LAKE — As Pat Arnold plucked weeds from her yard with a view of snow-capped Mount Adams, she navigated around large boulders that hint at the volcano’s destructive past. Over the course of ...
KING5

Here's what western Washington residents should know about lahars

SEATTLE — Editor's note: The above video on the USGS adding more lahar detection sites at Mount Rainier National Park originally aired June 8, 2021. SEATTLE - Western Washington is virtually ...
Massey University

Leading the global conversation on lahar hazards

Dr Anke Zernack has been recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on lahars – destructive volcanic mudflows - having contributed to a Nature Geoscience panel alongside three other ...