For the last 10 months, a volcano in Alaska has been brewing for an eruption, and now it's closer than ever. Here's what the ...

Alaska, largely unspoiled wilderness, looks like something out of The Lord of the Rings.

Mount Spurr, a volcano near Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, is showing strong signs that it could erupt based on ...

Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall volcano on the Cook Inlet, has a 50-50 chance of spewing out hot magma and ash that could be ...

A volcano near Alaska’s most populous city may be preparing to erupt, according to experts who have been monitoring the ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory is closely monitoring Mount Spurr, which is located about 75 miles west of Anchorage. “AVO ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory also said there are deformations in the earth near the area. Scientists said those two things indicate that something is going on underneath the surface, which is ...

"It's about a 50/50 chance right now," said Matt Haney, the scientist in charge of the Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage. "So it's equally likely it will or will not progress to an eruption." ...

Mount Spurr, whose volcanic ash darkened Anchorage’s skies in 1953 and 1992, may be building toward another eruption, according to a statement issued Thursday by the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Matt Loewen/Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey The 1992 eruptions began in June of that year following about three weeks of volcanic tremor, Haney said. The 11,070-foot volcano ...

Experts have also observed ground deformations, said David Fee, a coordinating scientist at the Alaska Volcano Observatory. "Basically, as we think magma and fluids rise within the earth ...