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United States: Mount Rainier to get new digital-warning system for massive mudflows

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By Jessica Lee

Volcanic mudflows — formed by large landslides or suddenly melting snow and ice during eruptions — are considered [Mount Rainier's] greatest hazard.

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A computer system at the state emergency-operations center at Camp Murray monitors the lahar-detection sensors, which are in the Carbon and the Puyallup river valleys. If computers detect the rumbling of a lahar, that system alerts 24-hour emergency-monitoring and notification centers, which in turn activate a warning system, according to the USGS.

Television and radio stations, such as NOAA Weather Radio, would broadcast alerts. More than two dozen sirens scattered in cities from Orting to the Port of Tacoma would activate.

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Hazards Volcano
Themes Early warning
Country and region United States of America
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