Hawaii volcano erupts as webcam video reveals spectacular lava flows
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awaii’s second largest volcano started erupting on Wednesday as a reside webcam feed confirmed spectacular lava flows on the crater floor.
“Kilauea volcano is erupting,” the advisory from the US Geological Survey stated. The eruption started at 4.44am HST (3.44pm BST), it stated.
Officials confused that the Kilauea volcano eruption is confined to 1 crater and didn’t pose any instant menace to the general public.
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory raised the volcano alert stage for Kilauea from “watch/orange” to “red/warning.”
A lava lake shaped on the Kilauea volcano on Wednesday
/ by way of REUTERS“The opening phases of eruptions are dynamic,” the USGS stated within the advisory. It stated the “hazards will be reassessed as the eruption progresses”.
The explosion on the volcano’s Halemaumau crater created a spectacular glow that may very well be watched by viewers around the globe due to a USGS reside stream on YouTube.
Kilauea is among the world’s most energetic volcanoes. A 2018 Kilauea eruption destroyed greater than 700 houses.
The volcano final erupted in January 2023 with the exercise lasting 61 days.