The likelihood that Mount Spurr, the closest active volcano to Anchorage, will erupt is increasing, with scientists now saying an eruption is “likely” within weeks or months. Scientists ...

Gas emissions, earthquakes and ground deformations at Mount Spurr, an Alaskan volcano roughly 80 miles northwest of Anchorage, indicate that it is “progressing toward an eruption,” scientists ...

Scientists are urging people who live in southcentral Alaska to begin preparing for a possible eruption of the Mount Spurr volcano.

There would likely be increased signs leading up to the eruption, like raised water temperatures and melted snow and glaciers. All scientists can do, however, is keep monitoring closely.

Increasing volcanic activity at the over 11,000-foot-tall, snowcapped volcano in Alaska is likely a sign of its impending first eruption since 1992, experts say. Mount Spurr, located about 75 ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday that decreased earthquake activity and ground deformation around Spurr point to a less likely eruption. But more data is needed to be sure.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The likelihood that Mount Spurr, the closest active volcano to Anchorage, will erupt is increasing, with scientists now saying an eruption is “likely” within weeks or months.

An eruption is possible at Alaska's Mount Spurr There would likely be increased signs leading up to the eruption, like raised water temperatures and melted snow and glaciers.

Scientists are urging people who live in south-central Alaska to begin preparing for a possible eruption of Mount Spurr.

The likelihood that Mount Spurr, the closest active volcano to Anchorage, will erupt is increasing, with scientists now saying an eruption is “likely” within weeks or months.

An eruption is possible at Alaska's Mount Spurr There would likely be increased signs leading up to the eruption, like raised water temperatures and melted snow and glaciers.

Scientists are urging people who live in south-central Alaska to begin preparing for a possible eruption of the Mount Spurr volcano.