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NewsFebruary 2, 2009

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Geologists monitoring Alaska's Mount Redoubt say the volcano is rumbling and emitting steam but has shown no dramatic burst of energy in the last 24 hours. Geologist Tina Neal at the Alaska Volcano Observatory said no flyovers were planned for Sunday unless activity increased significantly...

By RACHEL D'ORO ~ The Associated Press
Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey, Kristi Wallace<br>The Redoubt volcano is shown Friday near Anchorage, Alaska. Scientists with the Alaska Volcano Observatory flew close to Drift Glacier on Friday and saw vigorous steaming emitted from a football-size area on the north side of the mountain. By Saturday, they had confirmed the area was a fumarole, an opening in the earth that emits gases and steam, and that it had doubled overnight.
Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey, Kristi Wallace<br>The Redoubt volcano is shown Friday near Anchorage, Alaska. Scientists with the Alaska Volcano Observatory flew close to Drift Glacier on Friday and saw vigorous steaming emitted from a football-size area on the north side of the mountain. By Saturday, they had confirmed the area was a fumarole, an opening in the earth that emits gases and steam, and that it had doubled overnight.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Geologists monitoring Alaska's Mount Redoubt say the volcano is rumbling and emitting steam but has shown no dramatic burst of energy in the last 24 hours.

Geologist Tina Neal at the Alaska Volcano Observatory said no flyovers were planned for Sunday unless activity increased significantly.

Flyovers on Saturday found a quickly growing area of vigorous steaming at the 7,100-foot level on the north side of the mountain.

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The area is just below a dome that formed the last time Redoubt erupted in 1990.

The activity adds to concerns that Redoubt is close to an eruption.

An eruption in December 1989 sent an ash cloud 150 miles that flamed out the jet engines of a KLM flight carrying 231 passengers on its way to Anchorage.

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