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Alaska volcano could erupt within weeks or months

Alaska volcano may erupt in the next few weeks — with ‘little or no additional warning’

“It is also possible that an eruption could occur with little or no additional warning,” the Alaska Volcano Observatory stated. “This would be extremely hazardous for recreators on Mount Spurr or near its drainages as well as those overflying the volcano.”

USA TODAY on MSN · 18h

What is Mount Spurr? What to know about the Alaska volcano that could erupt soon

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert. This yellow status means the volcano is exhibiting signs of "elevated unrest" compared to its usual activity, indicating that it may soon erupt.

Penn Live · 23h

Volcano near Alaska’s largest city could erupt as soon as the coming weeks, scientists say

Mount Spurr is one of 53 volcanoes in Alaska that have been active within the last 250 years. It is roughly 80 miles northwest of Anchorage.

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'Do we really need another mountain named McKinley?'

The "decision to return to the McKinley name" for Alaska's mountain is a "slap in the face of recent efforts to acknowledge ...

Cowboy State Daily1d

Massive Alaskan Avalanche Claims Three On Mountains Wyomingite Helped Popularize

An enormous avalanche killed three men on Alaska’s Chugach Range early this month, a popular ski region for heli-skiiers. A Jackson guide was among ...

Anchorage Daily News19h

Holmes is first Iditarod musher to leave White Mountain, setting up early Friday finish in Nome

Jessie Holmes was the first musher to depart from the White Mountain checkpoint Thursday, leaving at 4:54 p.m., and was on ...

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3 skiers missing after avalanche hits remote mountain range in Alaska

Alaska State Troopers said three skiers are likely dead after an avalanche buried them in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood ...

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Radio station owner, two friends killed after getting stuck in Alaska avalanche while heli-skiing

A radio station owner and his two friends were killed after heli-skiing onto a rugged Alaskan mountain and getting trapped in ...

3 skiers buried in at least 40 feet of snow after massive Alaska avalanche

Alaska Wildlife Troopers said an avalanche buried three skiers under a blanket of snow between 40 and 100 feet deep in a ...

Anchorage Daily News7d

Heli-skiers killed by massive avalanche came to Alaska from different states but grew up together in Minnesota

The three men killed Tuesday by a massive avalanche during a guided heli-skiing trip in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood ...

Heli-skiers killed by massive avalanche came to Alaska from Florida, Montana and Minnesota

It appears to be the first fatal avalanche this winter in Alaska and the country's deadliest since an avalanche in Washington ...

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