On a single day in November 2025, emergency managers across Washington state were inundated with calls about an eruption at ...
Mount Rainier has rattled through thousands of tiny earthquakes this year, a reminder that America’s most lethal volcano is ...
A volcanic eruption may have triggered “the largest known plague pandemic in human history,” according to a new study about ...
Mount Rainier’s seismic sensors showed unusual activity for several days, prompting widespread attention online, but experts told KIRO 7 News the readings came from a malfunctioning instrument rather ...
Volcano Alert Level: Watch. Kīlauea has erupted episodically since Dec. 23, 2024, within the summit caldera located within ...
New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have begun one of history’s deadliest pandemics.
Climate shocks from volcanic eruptions may have played a key role in triggering the Black Death plague by disrupting harvests ...
Ash from the explosion may have led to crop failure and famine in southern Europe, leading some Italian cities to import ...
Maria Gladys Primo cannot hold back tears as she recalls the night of November 13, 1985, when she last saw her two young ...
When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, the landscape changed in an instant—the geologic version of an instant, anyway. It was the deadliest eruption the United States had ever seen, leveling ...
A sudden climate jolt disrupted harvests and trade, setting in motion the grain routes that helped carry plague into Europe.