Mount Rainier lahar detection system receives major upgrade

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 03, 2024

Approximately 90,000 individuals reside within the potential lahar path of Washington State's Mount Rainier, a zone vulnerable to fast-moving volcanic debris flows known as lahars. During the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Seismological Society of America (SSA), Seth Moran, a volcano seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, presented recent enhancements to a lahar detection system designe