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low-level lava spattering from the north vent culminated in a small lava flow observed at about 9 :15 a.m. at Halema ‘uma ‘u. At around 9 :55 a.m., low-level lava fountaining started with more ...

A lava flow looked like a river delta forming during a volcano eruption in Hawaii. Spectacular timelapse footage shows the bright yellow molten rocks cascading across land in Kilauea Volcano's ...

According to an update from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), the eruption of Kilauea within Kaluapele (summit caldera) resumed just after 9 a.m. local time Wednesday when a small lava flow ...

widespread ashfall – and lava bombs and flows. “With the type of volcanoes we have in Auckland, we can almost certainly expect to see lava flowing for hundreds of metres to several kilometres ...

Rivers of lava could flow for kilometres through Auckland if an eruption occurred within the large and young volcanic field beneath the city. New Zealand scientists recently visited the Spanish ...

M. PATRICK / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lava spewed out of the northern vent at Kilauea’s summit Tuesday morning. M. PATRICK / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lava spewed out of the northern vent at Kilauea’s ...

It resumed Wednesday morning as a "small sluggish lava flow," and then increased into a fountain that appeared to be 200 feet (60 meters) high, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. By the ...

Mount Kīlauea in Hawaii, which began its dramatic series of eruptions on December 23, has entered its fourth eruptive episode this week, with lava fountains and flows spewing from the Kaluapele ...

Active lava flows now cover approximately 15-20 percent of the crater floor,” the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. With the eruption comes multiple health hazards ...