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Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier classified as 'very high threat' for eruption
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The U.S. Geological Survey is updating its volcano threat assessments for the first time since 2005 and two Washington volcanoes are ranked as high threats.
The danger list is topped by Hawaii's Kilauea, which has been erupting this year. The others in the top five are Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier in Washington, Alaska's Redoubt Volcano, and California's Mount Shasta.
Eleven of the 18 very high threat volcanoes are in Oregon, Washington, and California.
The new threat assessment 'is not a forecast or indication of which volcanoes are most likely to erupt next. Rather, it is an indicator of the potential severity of impacts that may result from future eruptions at any given volcano," according to the report.
Mount Adams: Ranking 34 - Threat level high.
Mount Baker: Ranking 14 - Threat level very high.
Glacier Peak: Ranking 15 - Threat level very high.
Mount Rainier: Ranking 3 - Threat level very high.
Mount St. Helens: Ranking 2 - Threat level very high.
Mt. Hood - Rank 6.
Download the report:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2018/5140/sir20185140.pdf
Got your kit(s) ready?
The U.S. Geological Survey is updating its volcano threat assessments for the first time since 2005 and two Washington volcanoes are ranked as high threats.
The danger list is topped by Hawaii's Kilauea, which has been erupting this year. The others in the top five are Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier in Washington, Alaska's Redoubt Volcano, and California's Mount Shasta.
Eleven of the 18 very high threat volcanoes are in Oregon, Washington, and California.
The new threat assessment 'is not a forecast or indication of which volcanoes are most likely to erupt next. Rather, it is an indicator of the potential severity of impacts that may result from future eruptions at any given volcano," according to the report.
Mount Adams: Ranking 34 - Threat level high.
Mount Baker: Ranking 14 - Threat level very high.
Glacier Peak: Ranking 15 - Threat level very high.
Mount Rainier: Ranking 3 - Threat level very high.
Mount St. Helens: Ranking 2 - Threat level very high.
Mt. Hood - Rank 6.
Download the report:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2018/5140/sir20185140.pdf