#lahars — Public Fediverse posts
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"The Most Dangerous Volcanic Threat to America Is Coming. And It Doesn’t Need an Eruption to Begin.
These fast-moving mudflows can devastate towns in a matter of minutes.
And there’s good reason why United States Geological Survey (USGS) researchers have deemed lahars the 'most threatening hazard' in the Cascades: They pose a direct danger to surrounding communities. For instance, around 150,000 people live in Washington’s Pierce County—in the middle of the projected lahar path of volcano Mount Rainier, located just around 60 miles from Seattle.
But an eruption or other seismic event doesn’t even have to occur for a lahar to set off, and that’s a crucial reason why scientists have spent decades trying to understand the risks communities near Cascade Range volcanoes face. Everything from dam failures to heavy thunderstorms have spurred fatal lahars around the world, and these no-notice lahars worry researchers, especially those studying Rainier.
A landslide beginning on the western side of Rainier, scientists say, could demolish the towns of Orting, Puyallup, and Sumner in just half an hour, and it would affect over 60,000 residents." -
"The Most Dangerous Volcanic Threat to America Is Coming. And It Doesn’t Need an Eruption to Begin.
These fast-moving mudflows can devastate towns in a matter of minutes.
And there’s good reason why United States Geological Survey (USGS) researchers have deemed lahars the 'most threatening hazard' in the Cascades: They pose a direct danger to surrounding communities. For instance, around 150,000 people live in Washington’s Pierce County—in the middle of the projected lahar path of volcano Mount Rainier, located just around 60 miles from Seattle.
But an eruption or other seismic event doesn’t even have to occur for a lahar to set off, and that’s a crucial reason why scientists have spent decades trying to understand the risks communities near Cascade Range volcanoes face. Everything from dam failures to heavy thunderstorms have spurred fatal lahars around the world, and these no-notice lahars worry researchers, especially those studying Rainier.
A landslide beginning on the western side of Rainier, scientists say, could demolish the towns of Orting, Puyallup, and Sumner in just half an hour, and it would affect over 60,000 residents." -
Beware #lahars
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/science/mount-rainier-lahar-mudflow.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us My take here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/09/24/volcanoes-climate-change-and-darwins-legacy-in-chile/ #rainier #lahar #volcano #volcanoes #science #darwin #evolution #chile -
Beware #lahars
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/science/mount-rainier-lahar-mudflow.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us My take here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/09/24/volcanoes-climate-change-and-darwins-legacy-in-chile/ #rainier #lahar #volcano #volcanoes #science #darwin #evolution #chile -
If Bigfoot were real, his acute awareness of the environment and its surroundings might play a crucial role in helping it avoid natural calamities such as lahars. #Bigfoot #lahars https://bigfootbeat.blog/post/771210656390266880/bigfoot-and-lahars
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Our book chapter “The Physics of Granular Natural Flows in Volcanic Environments” in “Mathematical and Computational Models of Flows and Waves in Geophysics”
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-12007-7_4
#Lahars #GeologicalFlows #GranularMatter -
Our book chapter “The Physics of Granular Natural Flows in Volcanic Environments” in “Mathematical and Computational Models of Flows and Waves in Geophysics”
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-12007-7_4
#Lahars #GeologicalFlows #GranularMatter