Kilauea Volcano Eruption

• Hawaii’s volcano eruption hit tourism hard. Some say a lava-viewing site could help revive it

  Pressures are mounting from merchants, tour guides and others on the island, where tourism has dropped since Kilauea began erupting in a residential neighborhood and burning down homes in May.

  Environment

  Jul 19, 2018
  
• Hawaii lava evacuee recounts neighbourhood shooting near flow

  video shows the man firing over another other man's head. The first man pointed the gun at the second, who was screaming, "I live here."

  Crime

  Jun 10, 2018
  
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• Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano continues to spew lava more than a month after eruption

  Lava from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano has destroyed more than 100 homes in a rural Big Island district.

  Environment

  Jun 5, 2018
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• After lava and laze, Kilauea volcano is now creating ‘vog’ — volcanic smog

  Scientists say higher sulfur dioxide emissions recorded at the volcano’s summit in recent days are creating the potential for heavier than usual vog, or volcanic smog.

  Environment

  May 27, 2018
• Hawaii volcano sends ash cloud more than 3,000 metres into air

  Small ash explosions are coming from the summit intermittently as lava keeps flowing into the ocean.

  World

  May 25, 2018
• Hawaii helicopter evacuation readied as Kilauea lava stream hits ocean

  A third lava flow streamed into the ocean on Thursday as U.S. Marine Corps helicopters stood by to evacuate a Big Island community should molten rock or huge cracks block its final escape route.

  Environment

  May 24, 2018
• Hawaii officials warn of danger of ‘laze’ as Kilauea volcano lava reaches Pacific Ocean

  Lava from the volcano erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island reached the Pacific Ocean for the first time Saturday night, creating fears of an effect referred to as "laze."

  World

  May 20, 2018
• Hawaii officials airlift 4 residents after volcanic lava crosses into subdivision

  The homes were isolated in the area east of Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens — two neighborhoods where lava has destroyed 40 structures, including 26 homes, over the past two weeks.

  Environment

  May 19, 2018
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• Roaring like jet engines, new fissure opens at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano

  A new fissure roaring like jet engines and spewing magma opened on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Saturday, piling lava as high as a four-story building.

  Weather

  May 13, 2018
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• Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano emits small amount of lava near geothermal energy plant

  The volcano spawned a new lava fissure Saturday, emitting minor lava spatter less than a mile from a geothermal energy plant.

  Environment

  May 12, 2018