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USGS lowers Kilauea Volcano alert level back to normal
The U.S. Geological Survey has moved Kilauea Volcano’s alert level back to normal, signifying an end to one of the most voluminous eruptions in Hawaii island history. Read more
The U.S. Geological Survey has moved Kilauea Volcano’s alert level back to normal, signifying an end to one of the most voluminous eruptions in Hawaii island history. Read more
Hawaii County Council members are seeking details about how administrators plan to spend millions in disaster funds resulting from the volcanic eruption last year. Read more
Barring any unexpected developments, Puna Geothermal Venture could be producing electricity for the Big Island by the end of the year. Read more
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The U.S. Geological Survey said with sulfur dioxide emissions at Kilauea drastically lower than they have been for decades, it has turned its attention to measuring another gas — carbon dioxide. Read more
Kilauea Volcano’s three-month eruption last summer pushed roughly 1 billion cubic yards of molten rock across the Lower Puna landscape and left lava more than 900 feet thick where the flow collided with the ocean. Read more
What triggered last year’s devastating eruption of Kilauea remains a mystery, but a new report by scientists who witnessed the historic event suggests a possible rupturing of a barrier within the volcano’s middle East Rift Zone may have opened the way for magma to reach populated areas in Lower Puna. Read more
House lawmakers Friday approved a lava and flood disaster aid package for Hawaii County that includes $20 million the county can use as the local match for federal disaster assistance, and another $40 million in loans from the state to the county. Read more
After seven months of no surface activity, the Puu Oo eruption on Kilauea Volcano’s middle East Rift Zone can be considered over, according to scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Read more
In its 35-year history, Puu Oo, erupted almost continuously, with more than 100 minor pauses of a few hours to a few days up until a catastrophic collapse in April left the site and surrounding lava flow fields devoid of lava through the rest of 2018. Read more
A landmark study, published in the journal Science on Tuesday, unspools a timeline of Kilauea’s most destructive eruption in recorded history and shows it contained a combination of events that has seldom been observed. Read more
The operators of a Hawaii geothermal power plant have started restoring road access to the property cut off by lava from the Kilauea volcano eruption. Read more
State transportation officials said one eastbound lane of Mamalahoa Highway (Route 11) in Volcano will be closed at Mile Marker 29.3, starting today, to continue emergency surface repairs due to seismic activity at Kilauea. Read more
Hawai‘i Volcanos National Park and Haleakala National Park on Maui will either waive or not collect entrance fees on Wednesday. Read more
Saturday’s eclectic Pahoa Holiday Parade — the 25th to run down Pahoa Village Road through the heart of the small rural town — carried the hopes of a community still struggling in the aftermath of Kilauea Volcano’s destructive eruption this year. Read more
The public could soon have authorized — and unauthorized — access to see firsthand the aftermath of Kilauea Volcano’s Puna eruption. Read more
The state is giving a $10 million grant to the Big Island to help jump-start recovery efforts following the Kilauea Volcano eruption. Read more
We have seen demand steadily grow over the years. Our primary objective now is to get our farmers who lost everything back on their feet so they, too, can supply that growing demand. Read more
Geologists who monitor Hawaii’s volcanoes are still among those displaced by the recent eruption of Kilauea. Read more
After months of Kilauea eruption, Leilani Estates residents are still reeling from the loss of nearly 720 homes there and in Kapoho, and recovery has only just begun. Read more
The issue of what comes next for the beleaguered residents of Leilani Estates continues to divide a community worried about the possibility of busloads of tourists pouring in to gawk at Kilauea volcano’s most productive and famous outlet — fissure 8. Read more
