HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly 1,500 residents were ordered to evacuate from their volcano-side homes after Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupted, sending molten lava to chew its way through forest land and bubble up on paved streets. Volcano officials couldn’t ...

No other puʻus exist on the caldera rim, but geologic deposits of tephra fall mapped in Kīlauea’s summit region indicate that high lava fountains erupted within Kaluapele around the years 1500, 1650, and in the first two decades of the 1800s.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kilauea volcano erupted Tuesday on Hawaii's Big Island, shooting lava fountains up to 1,000 feet high and sending ash and volcanic debris across nearby communities. (USGS) The eruption ...

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. This photo shows the gap between the south (left) and north (right) lava fountains on March 10,

A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team of scientists and glass artists.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most active volcanoes in the world is living up to its reputation as it gears up for another eruption. An eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is imminent, based on current ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure dropped while the magma was rising. Subscribe to our ...

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea’s 31st display of molten rock since December, an appropriately high frequency ...