Hawaii Volcano

Hawaii's Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, is erupting again and providing a spectacle that includes bursting lava fountains and lava waves, but no Big Island communities are in danger. Kilauea began erupting Thursday inside its summit crater, the U.S. Geological Survey said less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow in webcam images indicating Kilauea had begun erupting inside Halemaumau crater at the volcano's summit caldera, the agency said. Kilauea last erupted for 16 months starting in September 2021, and for about two weeks starting last November, Hawaii had two volcanoes spewing lava side by side when Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in 38 years. The observatory on Thursday raised Kilauea's alert level, but on Friday morning lowered it from warning to watch because the initial high effusion rates are declining, and no infrastructure is ...

The world's largest active volcano, the Mauna Loa in Hawaii, has prompted the US National Guard to help as residents and tourists flock to witness the rare scene

Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world's largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii's Big Island to be ready in the event of a worst-case scenario. The eruption of Mauna Loa wasn't immediately endangering towns, but the U.S. Geological Survey warned the roughly 200,000 people on the Big Island that an eruption "can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly". Officials told residents to be ready to evacuate if lava flows start heading toward populated areas. The eruption began late Sunday night following a series of fairly large earthquakes, said Ken Hon, scientist-in-charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The areas where lava was emerging the volcano's summit crater and vents along the volcano's northeast flank are both far from homes and communities. Officials urged the public to stay away from them, given the dangers posed by lava

The latest lost homes were in addition to at least 117 others that were previously reported by officials since lava began spilling last month in Big Island