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English: Hazard map around the Mount Rainier, state of Washington, United States. Lava flow and pyroclastic flows Electron Mudflow-sized event (generally large in size)
Hazard map. Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc that consists of lava flows, debris flows, and pyroclastic ejecta and flows. Its early volcanic deposits are estimated at more than 840,000 years old and are part of the Lily Formation (about 2.9 million to 840,000 years ago).
Detailed map of Mount Rainier's summit and northeast slope showing upper perimeter of Osceola collapse amphitheater (hachured line) The Osceola Mudflow, also known as the Osceola Lahar, was a debris flow and lahar in the U.S. state of Washington that descended from the summit and northeast slope of Mount Rainier, a volcano in the Cascade Range during a period of eruptions about 5,600 years ago.
The Finest Hours is a 2016 American disaster thriller film [7] [8] directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.The screenplay, written by Eric Johnson, Scott Silver, and Paul Tamasy, is based on The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman. [9]
A four-man sailing crew injured and suffering from near hypothermia out in the Atlantic Ocean had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after a "rogue wave" thrashed and tossed about their 39-foot ...
The Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System consists of two separate components, operating in tandem: Acoustic Flow Monitors (AFM) and the All Hazard Alert Broadcast (AHAB) sirens. The AFM system was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1998 and is now maintained by Pierce County Emergency Management.
Tuesday’s Deadliest Catch was extremely intense as the U.S. Coast Guard battled a vicious storm to rescue a severely injured fisherman. A rogue wave caused Patricia Lee deckhand Francis Katangan ...
The Fraser River separates the Cascades from the Coast Mountains in Canada, [4] as does the Willamette Valley from the upper portion of the Oregon Coast Range. The highest volcanoes of the Cascades, known as the High Cascades, [ 5 ] dominate their surroundings, often standing twice the height of the nearby mountains.