...The potential dangers are still there, but it appears that the lava is slowing down its rate of extrusion," said Allison Payne, a geologist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Payne said the last "explosive event" took place April 4. Since...

...continued to erupt, going relatively unnoticed. "As long as there's lava coming out, it's erupting," said Allison Payne, a geologist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory. "It's just doing it quietly." Payne said that last "explosive...

...you have this quiet period, but the pressure builds up and gets to the extent that you have an explosion," said Allison Payne, a geologist with AVO. Right now the volcano is pumping out magma at a fairly slow and non-explosive rate. "Pressure...