From possible impacts to how to prepare, we dive into what we know so far about Anchorage’s closest active volcano and how to ...

Roundtop is located on Unimak Island, is glacier-covered today but much of the southwestern parts of the Alaska Peninsula are ...

Mount Spurr lies about 80 miles west of Anchorage, which is Alaska's most populous city, making it one of the state's most closely watched volcanoes. It last erupted in 1992, spreading ash over ...

New gas vents have opened on the slopes of Mount Spurr volcano in Alaska. According to volcanologists from the Alaska Volcano ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has noted several key hazards posed by an eruption at Mount Spurr, particularly concerning volcanic ash. Volcanic ash affects aviation significantly and ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says that if the more than 11,000-foot-tall, snowcapped volcano erupts, the impacts could include: Damage to aircraft from ash, especially since 60,000 planes fly ...

They produced ash clouds that carried downwind, closed airports, affected water supplies and rained up to a quarter-inch of ashfall throughout southcentral Alaska. Also, from 2004 to 2006, the ...

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 ...

Mount Spurr, 78 miles from Anchorage, is unusual in its potential to foul air quality, disrupt jet service and otherwise ...

The likelihood of an Alaska ... Zidek said. “Ash is not good for people to breathe,” Zidek said. “It’s not good for your skin. So what we want people to do during the volcanic eruption ...