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Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

A volcano near Alaska’s most populous city may be preparing to erupt, according to experts who have been monitoring the situation.

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Scientists are urging people who live in south-central Alaska to begin preparing for a possible eruption of Mount Spurr.

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Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

Scientists are urging people who live in south-central Alaska to begin preparing for a possible eruption of the Mount Spurr volcano.