An explosion on Mount Spurr could generate massive cloud of ash, which could mess with airplanes and cause issues for humans.

When a large volcano erupts, as Mount Spurr appears close to doing about ... Ash may lack the visual impact of flowing lava, but as a geologist who studies disasters, I’m aware that ash travels ...

Villages closer to Mount Spurr could be at risk of experiencing more ashfall than the Anchorage area if the volcano were to erupt.

Matt Haney, the lead scientist at the AVO, warned that a Mount Spurr eruption could be "explosive," with ash clouds likely. Although Anchorage is not located in the immediate impact zone ...

The likelihood of Alaska’s Mount Spurr volcano erupting has decreased ... was 1992 (Alaska Volcano Observatory/X) The potential risk of eruption has caused locals to stock up on masks, farm ...

Mount Spurr is an 11,000-foot-tall that sits about 80 miles from Alaska's most densely populated city, Anchorage, which is home to nearly 300,000 residents. City residents are already bracing for ...

While Anchorage lies outside the immediate impact zone of Mount Spurr, previous eruptions in 1953 and 1992 sent ash clouds over the city, coating it in about a quarter inch of ash. A similar ...

Scientists at Mount Spurr in Alaska have been unable to collect vital volcanic data for over a month as the area experiences “elevated” levels of earthquakes — but authorities claim an ...

An eruption at Mount Spurr, the closest volcano to Alaska’s population centers, is now less likely, researchers said Thursday. Last month, the Alaska Volcano Observatory warned Alaskans that ...

Scientists provided an update Thursday on the chances of an eruption of the Mount Spurr volcano in Alaska, a situation being closely monitored by officials in Anchorage, the state’s largest city.

Mount Spurr is nearly 80 miles west of Anchorage, and volcanologists say it’s likely to erupt within weeks or months. That’s a problem for cars because volcanic ash is bad for their engines ...