Rehabilitation of the Stevens Canyon Road in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state began on July 5 and is expected to create some traffic delays through the summer.

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Mudflow (aka lahar) damage can be costly and even deadly to the populace living along river drainage systems within and outside of Mount Rainier National Park. Lahars cannot be predicted, but USGS scientists and mathematicians have created scenarios demonstrating lahar speed, reach, and depth using a numerical simulation application called D-Claw.

The National Park Service has approved a proposal from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory to improve the lahar detection system at Mount Rainier National Park. Mount Rainier is an active volcano with a history of large lahars (volcanic mudflows) that have previously impacted areas now populated both within and outside of the national park.