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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa is erupting for the first time since 1984
CNN   28 November 2022   Hawaii   Mauna Loa  
Red hues from the eruption of Mauna Loa illuminated Monday's predawn sky.
<p>The world&rsquo;s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa on Hawaii, is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years.<br />Though lava is flowing down one side of the volcano, the eruption in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is not threatening communities, the ...
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, causing lava fountains and sending volcanic clouds into the air
abc.net.au   01 October 2021   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
The eruption within in Kilauea volcano's Halemaumau crater at the volcano's summit.(AP)
<p>One of the most active volcanos on Earth is erupting on Hawaii's Big Island.<br />Officials with the US Geological Survey said the eruption begun in Kilauea volcano's Halemaumau crater at the volcano's summit on Wednesday.<br />Webcam footage of the crater ...
Hawaii volcano eruption: New video shows terrifying BLUE FIRE billowing from Fissure 8
Express   06 July 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
Blue flames can be seen billowing from the ground in an apocalyptic scene
<p>HAWAII&rsquo;s Mount Kilauea volcano is shown spouting eerie blue flames from cracks in the ground as molten rock and ash continue to spew across Big Island, threatening new residential areas.</p>
For 5 days in a row, explosions at Kilauea summit had force of magnitude 5.3 earthquake
CNN   26 June 2018   Hawaii  
The damage so far - USGS Volcanoes
<p>(CNN) - For the fifth day in a row, an explosion at the Kilauea summit erupted with a force equivalent to a magnitude 5.3 earthquake.</p> <p>Monday's event happened at 5:03 p.m. local time, with a plume that reached less than 2,000 feet. It didn't cause ...
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Hawaii volcano eruption destroys 600 homes, but creates more than a kilometre of new lan
ABC News   08 June 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
Photo: The number of homes destroyed by the eruption has increased dramatically. (Reuters: Terray Sylvester)
<p>Approximately 600 homes have been destroyed by lava flows on Hawaii's Big Island since the current eruption of Kilaeua Volcano began early last month, Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim says.The latest estimate of property losses from Kilauea, one of the world's ...
Hawaii Volcano: Lava Flow Completely Fills The Beautiful Kapoho Bay
FORBES   06 June 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
Lava from a fissure flowing into the ocean at Kapoho Bay at the town of Kapoho on the island of Hawaii.
<p>Hawaii's Kilauea volcano claimed its latest victim, the picturesque Kapoho Bay as it filled the bay with molten lava flows. Overnight, hundreds of homes were destroyed as rivers of lava poured into oceanfront communities.</p>
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5.5 magnitude earthquake rattles Kīlauea's summit
AccuWeather   06 June 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
Photo/USGS photo by M. Patrick
<p>A small explosion occurred at Kīlauea's summit at 4:32 a.m. HST on Tuesday, June 5.<br>The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported the event as an magnitude 5.5 earthquake. This is similar to other events of the past few weeks, according to a United States ...
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How NASA Tech Is Helping Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Response
Space.com   23 May 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
NASA's Terra satellite captured this view of the ash plume wafting from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on May 6, 2018, using its Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer instrument. The right-hand frame shows the height of the plume. Credit: NASA
<p>NASA assets in space and in the air are helping first responders deal with the ongoing volcanic outburst in Hawaii.</p><p>Kilauea volcano, on Hawaii's Big Island, has been erupting pretty much continuously for the past 35 years. But Kilauea's activity ratcheted ...
Hawaii volcano eruption LIVE: USGS issues RED ALERT for ‘imminent’ eruption TODAY – latest
Express   16 May 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
<p>HAWAII’s Kilauea volcano could be about to come more violent after intensified explosions sent ash clouds 12,000 feet into the sky, triggering a red alert warning. Here is the latest news and updates.</p>
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The Kilauea volcano is ‘speaking in a code’ we don’t yet understand
Popular Science   09 May 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
A 2014 photo of the Kilauea lava lake./U.S. Geological Survey via Flickr
<p>Last week, new lava vents burst open in the earth around the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, accompanied by the rumbling of earthquakes, and fiery fountains of earth shooting hundreds of feet into the sky. Whether you ascribe the cracks to ...
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