Lahar detection system upgraded for Mount Rainier

In the shadow of Washington State’s Mount Rainier, about 90,000 people live in the path of a potential large lahar-a destructive, fluid and fast-moving debris flow associated with volcanic slopes. At the Seismological Society of America (SSA)’s 2024 Annual Meeting, U.S. Geological Survey volcano seismologist Seth Moran described how…

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