If the Volcanic Eruption Doesn’t Scare You, the Mudflow Should

If the Volcanic Eruption Doesn’t Scare You, the Mudflow Should: By Katherine Kornei An outpouring of magma isn’t the biggest risk to people downhill from Mount Rainier in Washington. The active volcano’s greatest danger comes from lahars — amalgams of mud, rock and water that are as dense as wet concrete. Over the past several thousand years at least nine large lahars have barreled down