Experts say it is only a matter of time until Mount Renier, one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the United States, unleashes the northwest of the Pacific.
This huge and active horizon waving nearly 90,000 people living in cities such as Seattle, Takoma and Yakima in Washington, as well as Portland, Oregon.
Although Mount Rainier has not produced a large eruption for more than 1000 years, experts are closely watched because of his ability to bomb at any time, and the extensive destruction that such an event will cause.
Jess Phoenix, a volcanic specialist and ambassador to the Union of Scientists in the past during its appearance on CNN: “The René Mountain keeps me at night because it poses a major threat to the surrounding societies,” said Jess Phoenix, a volcanic specialist and ambassador of the Union of Scientists in the past during its appearance on CNN.
When this volcano finally blows, the lava will not flow or suffocate the clouds from the ash that threatens the surrounding cities, but for the rivers: the violent clay flows that can be torn through entire societies within minutes.
Lahars can crush, explode, buried, or carry almost anything in their paths, according to the US Geological Survey (USGs).
“Tacoma and South Seattle were built on ancient muddles with a length of 100 feet of Mount Rainier’s revolutions,” said Phoenix. This is a strong indication that these densely populated cities are located on a possible reinse road resulting from a future eruption.
René Mountain, one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the United States, waves on the horizon over Olympia, Washington. This city is home to more than 50,000 people
Lahars usually cause ice and ice that cover the volcano slopes, which shake the stability of loose dirt, rocks and volcanic debris and cause them to flow down quickly.
But it does not always require an eruption to excite a row, according to the American Seismology Association.
These strong clay collapses can be formed as a result of the gradual weakness of the volcano slopes due to previous explosions, or heavy rains after the explosion.
The bloodiest in the history of the modern history of the 1985 eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Stratofelkano in Toulima, Colombia.
Within hours of the eruption, a torrent of mud, melted snow and rocks were flooded with the city of Armiro and killed an estimated 25,000 people.
This event, now known as the ARMERO tragedy, was the most expensive volcanic catastrophe in history, according to the international disaster database. The total amount of economic impact is one billion dollars.
In 1980, it broke out from the Mount of St. Helms, located in Washington just 50 miles from Mount Rene, produced a dangerous row that destroyed more than 200 homes, and more than 185 miles of roads and contributed to the total number of deaths from 57 people.
These tragic events have helped scientists understand the threat of Lahars for human societies about active volcanoes, and experts are currently preparing for the terrifying possibility of the flour of formation in Mount Rainier.
A child floats in muddy waters after he fell into Lahar, who emerged from the eruption of the Nevado del Royz volcano in Colombia in 1985
A village was flooded on Java Island in Indonesia by Lahar after the outbreak of the Semeru volcano in 2022
The eruption of 1980 was produced from Mount Saint Helns in Washington, a dangerous lips that destroyed more than 200 homes, more than 185 miles of roads and contributed to the total number of dead of 57 people
Over the past twenty years, scientists have upgraded and expanded Laar monitoring stations around this volcano, known as the Mount Rainier Lahar.
This system consists of earthquake measuring devices and other tools placed on the slopes of the volcano and weak rivers such as Puyallup and Tahoma Creek.
When this system was created for the first time in 1998, its monitoring capabilities were limited by the technology of the nineties, which led to a great delay between when Laar was operated and when the tools already discovered it.
But the new technologies that have been implemented in the past two decades have greatly improved the effectiveness of the system, allowing it to work in the actual time.
Cities near Mount Rainier also sharpen the strategies for emergency situations to prepare for a possible explosion.
For example, on March 21, 2024, more than 45,000 students in societies south of Seattle and West Munn Rainer participated in the world’s largest training to evacuate the rivers, according to USGs.
These measures northwest of the Pacific will help quickly and effectively when this volcano erupts, which experts say can happen almost any time.