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  2. Mount Rainier - Wikipedia

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    The worst mountaineering accident on Mount Rainier occurred in 1981, when ten clients and a guide died in an avalanche/ice fall on the Ingraham Glacier. [111] This was the largest number of fatalities on Mount Rainier in a single incident since 32 people were killed in a 1946 plane crash on the South Tahoma Glacier. [112]

  3. Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano that troubles scientists most

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    The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years.

  4. Effects of high altitude on humans - Wikipedia

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    People who are predisposed to develop high-altitude pulmonary edema may present a reduction in urine production before respiratory symptoms become apparent. [ 15 ] Humans have survived for two years at 5,950 m (19,520 ft, 475 millibars of atmospheric pressure), which is the highest recorded permanently tolerable altitude; the highest permanent ...

  5. Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System - Wikipedia

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    Geologists consider Mount Rainier the most dangerous mountain in the United States, [2] and the USGS has estimated there is a one-in-seven chance of a catastrophic lahar at Mount Rainier occurring in the next 75 years. [3] Mount Rainier as seen from the High Cedars Golf Course in Orting, bordering the Carbon River

  6. CNN called Rainier the US volcano troubling scientists the ...

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    Mount St. Helens killed more than 50 people, but Malone said the death toll could have been far higher without the advance warnings. Regardless, Rainier imperils the areas that surround it.

  7. Decade Volcanoes - Wikipedia

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    Mount Rainier is one of the most glaciated stratovolcanoes in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. Capable of setting off massive lahars, as evidenced in the valleys below it in all directions. Known to have had both landslide type lahars or snowmelt lahars. Considered by USGS to be one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the USA. [18] Mount Vesuvius

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  9. Body of missing skier found at Mount Rainier after she went ...

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    A missing skier’s body was recovered Saturday at Mount Rainier National Park. The woman was last heard from May 18 before she set out to ski above the Paradise area of the park.