Hawaii Volcanic Eruption
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Watch: Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupts After 3-Month Pause
The current eruption is restricted to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
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Eruption Of Hawaii's Mauna Loa Creates Rare Event With Neighbouring Volcano
According to the US Geological Survey, Kilauea, a smaller volcano situated on Mauna Loa's southeast flank, has been erupting since September 2021.
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Tsunami Warning For US West Coast, Flooding In Hawaii After Tonga Eruption
An underwater volcano in the South Pacific erupted Saturday with a stunning blast, sending tsunami waves onto nearby Tonga and to the north in Japan, with warnings of dangerous ocean surges issued as far away as the US West Coast.
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Kilauea Volcano Erupts On Hawaii's Big Island
The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted late Sunday, authorities said, warning of a possible "significant emission" of volcanic ash into the atmosphere.
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Volcanic Lava "Bomb" Injures 23 People On Tour Boat In Hawaii
A blob of hot volcanic lava struck an ocean tour boat just off the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday, injuring nearly two dozen people in the worst casualty incident to date from the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea Volcano, fire officials said.
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Volcanic Lava Buries Two Housing Tracts On Hawaii's Big Island
An ever-creeping wall of lava from Kilauea Volcano has engulfed two entire seaside housing tracts at the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, government scientists reported on Wednesday, an area where civil defense officials said nearly 280 homes once stood.
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Lava Covers Potentially Explosive Well At Hawaii Geothermal Plant
Since Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began a once-in-a-century-scale eruption on May 3, authorities have shutdown the plant, removed 60,000 gallons of flammable liquid, and deactivated wells that tap into steam and gas deep in the Earth's core.
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Hawaii Volcanic Smog Blankets Marshall Islands
Haze from the Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii blanketed the Marshall Islands 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) away on Sunday, as officials warned it would continue moving west.
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Watch: Hawaii Street Swallowed By 'Lava Tide' After Volcanic Eruption
A tide of molten rock turned a Hawaii street into a volcanic wasteland on Friday as the number of homes destroyed by the erupting Kilauea volcano soared and authorities told residents to flee a surge of lava heading towards them.
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Ocean, Jungle Explosions New Risks From Hawaii Volcanic Eruption
Lava from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is exploding as it pours into the ocean, shooting rock fragments that are a danger to boaters. Inland, where molten rock is burning through jungle, methane explosions are hurling boulders while toxic gas is reaching some of the highest levels seen in recent times.
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Threat Rises As Lava From Hawaii Volcano Flows Towards Geothermal Plant
Lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island flowed towards a geothermal power plant on Monday as workers scrambled to shut it down to prevent the uncontrollable release of toxic gases.
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Earth Cracked Open, Walls Of Lava, That's Life On Hawaiian Volcano
The earth cracked open beneath Leilani Estates in middle-of-the-night darkness, glowing crimson against a black sky.
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'Explosive' Eruption At Hawaii Volcano Sends Ash 30,000 Feet In The Sky
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted explosively early Thursday, tossing boulders hundreds of feet and sending a plume of ash about 30,000 feet into the predawn sky.
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"Ballistic Blocks" Shoot From Hawaii Volcano, May Mark Start Of Violent Eruptions
"Ballistic blocks" the size of microwave ovens shot from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Wednesday in what may be the start of explosive eruptions that could spew huge ash plumes and hurl smaller rocks for miles (km), the US Geological Survey said.
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Hawaii Volcano Threatens Power Plant; Mass Evacuations Possible
Hawaii authorities scrambled to move tens of thousands of gallons of highly flammable chemicals from the path of lava on Thursday, and the state's governor warned mass evacuations might be needed as the Kilauea volcano's eruption became more violent.
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Watch: Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupts After 3-Month Pause
The current eruption is restricted to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
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Eruption Of Hawaii's Mauna Loa Creates Rare Event With Neighbouring Volcano
According to the US Geological Survey, Kilauea, a smaller volcano situated on Mauna Loa's southeast flank, has been erupting since September 2021.
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Tsunami Warning For US West Coast, Flooding In Hawaii After Tonga Eruption
An underwater volcano in the South Pacific erupted Saturday with a stunning blast, sending tsunami waves onto nearby Tonga and to the north in Japan, with warnings of dangerous ocean surges issued as far away as the US West Coast.
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Kilauea Volcano Erupts On Hawaii's Big Island
The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted late Sunday, authorities said, warning of a possible "significant emission" of volcanic ash into the atmosphere.
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Volcanic Lava "Bomb" Injures 23 People On Tour Boat In Hawaii
A blob of hot volcanic lava struck an ocean tour boat just off the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday, injuring nearly two dozen people in the worst casualty incident to date from the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea Volcano, fire officials said.
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Volcanic Lava Buries Two Housing Tracts On Hawaii's Big Island
An ever-creeping wall of lava from Kilauea Volcano has engulfed two entire seaside housing tracts at the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, government scientists reported on Wednesday, an area where civil defense officials said nearly 280 homes once stood.
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Lava Covers Potentially Explosive Well At Hawaii Geothermal Plant
Since Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began a once-in-a-century-scale eruption on May 3, authorities have shutdown the plant, removed 60,000 gallons of flammable liquid, and deactivated wells that tap into steam and gas deep in the Earth's core.
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Hawaii Volcanic Smog Blankets Marshall Islands
Haze from the Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii blanketed the Marshall Islands 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) away on Sunday, as officials warned it would continue moving west.
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Watch: Hawaii Street Swallowed By 'Lava Tide' After Volcanic Eruption
A tide of molten rock turned a Hawaii street into a volcanic wasteland on Friday as the number of homes destroyed by the erupting Kilauea volcano soared and authorities told residents to flee a surge of lava heading towards them.
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Ocean, Jungle Explosions New Risks From Hawaii Volcanic Eruption
Lava from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is exploding as it pours into the ocean, shooting rock fragments that are a danger to boaters. Inland, where molten rock is burning through jungle, methane explosions are hurling boulders while toxic gas is reaching some of the highest levels seen in recent times.
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Threat Rises As Lava From Hawaii Volcano Flows Towards Geothermal Plant
Lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island flowed towards a geothermal power plant on Monday as workers scrambled to shut it down to prevent the uncontrollable release of toxic gases.
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Earth Cracked Open, Walls Of Lava, That's Life On Hawaiian Volcano
The earth cracked open beneath Leilani Estates in middle-of-the-night darkness, glowing crimson against a black sky.
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'Explosive' Eruption At Hawaii Volcano Sends Ash 30,000 Feet In The Sky
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted explosively early Thursday, tossing boulders hundreds of feet and sending a plume of ash about 30,000 feet into the predawn sky.
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"Ballistic Blocks" Shoot From Hawaii Volcano, May Mark Start Of Violent Eruptions
"Ballistic blocks" the size of microwave ovens shot from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Wednesday in what may be the start of explosive eruptions that could spew huge ash plumes and hurl smaller rocks for miles (km), the US Geological Survey said.
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Hawaii Volcano Threatens Power Plant; Mass Evacuations Possible
Hawaii authorities scrambled to move tens of thousands of gallons of highly flammable chemicals from the path of lava on Thursday, and the state's governor warned mass evacuations might be needed as the Kilauea volcano's eruption became more violent.
