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Highway Closed Due to Falling Volcanic Bits

The lava fountaining episode persisted for 9 hours

(Newser) - Kilauea's latest lava fountaining episode reached 1,000 feet high on Tuesday, prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway because of falling glassy volcanic fragments and ash, known as tephra. Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors for...

Kilauea Visitor Goes Rogue, Falls Into Volcano

33-year-old Hawaii man pronounced dead at a hospital

(Newser) - A visitor to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park died after venturing into a restricted area near the Kilauea caldera, authorities say. The 33-year-old Hawaii man entered a prohibited area on the east side of the caldera, leading park staff to respond on Feb. 26 for what became an overnight rescue in...

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupts
Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupts
Sep 3, 2025 12:30 AM CDT

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupts

Lava pours from multiple vents, fires high into the sky

(Newser) - Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting on Tuesday, firing lava 330 feet into the sky from its summit crater, the AP reports. It's the 32nd time the volcano has released molten rock since December, when its current eruption began. So far, all the lava from this eruption has been...

Hawaii's Kilauea Is Spewing Lava Again

So far, no homes are threatened

(Newser) - Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea's 31st display of molten rock since December for one of the world's most active volcanoes, per the AP...

Hawaii's Kilauea Is Erupting Once More

It's the 9th episode since Dec. 23

(Newser) - The Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again on Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life on Dec. 23. The eruption has been...

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Is Back in Action
Kilauea Volcano
Is Back in Business
Jan 28, 2025 8:27 AM CST

Kilauea Volcano Is Back in Business

One of the world's most active volcanoes is experiencing 'sustained fountaining'

(Newser) - One of the world's most active volcanoes is back in action. The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, reports the AP , the seventh recorded episode in recent weeks. The eruption that began Dec. 23 in a crater at Kilauea's summit has paused...

Hawaii's Most Active Volcano Erupts
Hawaii's Most Active
Volcano Erupts
Dec 23, 2024 2:07 PM CST

Hawaii's Most Active Volcano Erupts

Observatory warns of volcanic smog from Kilauea

(Newser) - Lava began bubbling Monday through the crust of one of the world's most active volcanoes—Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island. The eruption was confined to the volcano's summit caldera, in a remote, closed area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Hawaii Volcano Observatory reported. Increased earthquake activity...

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Comes to Life Again

One of the world's most active volcanoes began erupting Sunday after a 2-month break

(Newser) - For those keeping track at home, it might seem like Hawaii can't catch a break lately : Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting after a two-month pause, displaying glowing lava that's a safe distance from people and structures in a national park on...

Hawaii's 2nd-Largest Volcano Erupts

Kilauea is erupting again after 3-month pause

(Newser) - Kilauea, the second largest volcano in Hawaii, began erupting on Wednesday after a three-month pause, US Geological Survey officials said. The survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement that a glow was detected in webcam images from Kilauea’s summit early in the morning, indicating that an eruption...

Man Dies After Fall Into Hawaii Volcano

75-year-old was in closed-off area, NPS says

(Newser) - The National Park Service says it is investigating the death of a Hawaii man who apparently fell into an active volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Sunday night. The NPS said in a statement that relatives reported the man missing from inside the park around 12:15am Monday, Hawaii News...

On Hawaii's Big Island, a 'Pretty Unreal' Sight

Eruption of Kilauea volcano is in 'full swing,' per USGS

(Newser) - As an ongoing volcano eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma continues to wreak havoc , the US Geological Survey says another eruption halfway around the world is in "full swing," reports Reuters . Although local media noted that, as of Wednesday night, there was no immediate danger to...

How 2020 Is Coming to an End: Like This

Kilauea eruption followed a series of earthquakes on Hawaii's Big Island

(Newser) - Because 2020 wouldn't be complete without some Americans dealing with an erupting volcano: The US Geological Survey says the Kilauea volcano, which is located on Hawaii’s Big Island, has erupted following a series of earthquakes in the area. The biggest, which was recorded at magnitude 4.4, hit...

Too Much Rain May Have Triggered Kilauea Eruption
Scientists: We Know Why
Kilauea Got Triggered
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Apr 26, 2020 10:23 AM CDT

Scientists: We Know Why Kilauea Got Triggered

Theory suggests heavy rain increased pore pressure, but other scientists are doubtful

(Newser) - Climate change could usher in more volcanic eruptions, according to new research focusing on the 2018 Kilauea eruptions in Hawaii. The research published Wednesday in Nature suggests the Kilauea eruptions were triggered by months of extreme rainfall, which included a 24-hour period that set a US record. The idea is...

Soldier Climbs Over Railing, Falls Into Volcano

32-year-old survived, landing on narrow ledge in Kilauea caldera

(Newser) - The chief ranger of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is warning visitors to "never cross safety barriers, especially around dangerous and destabilized cliff edges," after a soldier did just that—and fell into the Kilauea volcano's caldera. The 32-year-old, reportedly on the Big Island for training exercises, had...

Experts See a 'Real Challenge' as Hawaii's Kilauea Pauses

3-month break in surface lava leaves plenty of uncertainty

(Newser) - Hawaii's Kilauea, given the highest overall threat score of any volcano in the country, appears to be calming down. The volcano that's been erupting almost continuously for 35 years, forcing thousands from their homes this spring and summer, has produced no surface lava on the Big Island, including...

Americans May Not Want to Live Near the 'Big 18'

USGS puts these US volcanoes in the 'very high threat' category

(Newser) - Government scientists have classified 18 US volcanoes as "very high threat" because of what's been happening inside them and how close they are to people. The US Geological Survey has updated its volcano threat assessments for the first time since 2005, per the AP , and the danger list...

Hawaii Manhunt Underway After Cop Killed Near Lava Zone

Bronson Kaimana Kaliloa first officer to be fatally shot on Big Island

(Newser) - A suspect wanted in the killing of the first police officer to be fatally shot on Hawaii's Big Island likely remains hidden on the mostly rural eastern side of the vast island, authorities said Thursday. A manhunt has been underway since Justin Waiki allegedly shot and killed Officer Bronson...

Hawaii Has a Brand New Peninsula
Hawaii Has a
Brand New Peninsula
Jul 18, 2018 2:34 PM CDT

Hawaii Has a Brand New Peninsula

Lava flows have added 700 acres of new land in all

(Newser) - If there's an upside to the ongoing and dangerous eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, it's perhaps plenty of new land. Lava flowing from fissures on the Big Island has expanded the coastline by some 700 acres, the equivalent of more than 500 football fields, reports CBS News...

'Lava Bomb' Doesn't End Hawaii Lava Boat Tours

They'll continue, but boat operators will stay farther away after explosion injured 23

(Newser) - Hawaii tour boat operators plan to continue taking visitors to see lava, but will follow the Coast Guard's revised policy and stay farther away after an explosion caused molten rock to barrel through the roof of a vessel, injuring 23 people . The Coast Guard prohibits vessels from getting closer...

Lava Bomb Leaves 23 Injured on Hawaii Tour Boat

The smoldering chunk of rock went through the vessel's ceiling, authorities said

(Newser) - A Hawaii boat tour was cut short when a lava bomb punctured the vessel's roof on Monday morning. The smoldering hunk of rock, presumably from the island's erupting Kilauea volcano, left 23 people injured, per CNN . While a woman in her 20s reportedly suffered a fractured femur and...

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