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HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK – One of the world's astir progressive volcanoes surged backmost to beingness Wednesday nighttime successful Hawaii. It was Kilauea's 18th eruption since Dec. 23, 2024.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), this astir caller eruptive occurrence began conscionable aft 10 p.m. section time. Lava bursts betwixt 10 and 15 feet precocious were observed astir that time.
Video from unrecorded cameras showed lava bubbling successful the westbound Halemaʻumaʻu crater, wrong the greater Kilauea volcano.
The volcano's past eruption ended conscionable implicit a week ago, connected April 9.
HAWAII'S KILAUEA VOLCANO BLASTS LAVA 300 FEET INTO THE AIR
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Kilauea erupts connected April 16, 2025. It was the 18th eruptive occurrence since December 23, 2024. (USGS)
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The eruption of the Kilauea volcano connected March 11, 2025. (William Campbell/Getty Images)
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The eruption of the Kilauea volcano connected March 11, 2025 in (William Campbell/Getty Images)
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Visitors ticker the eruption of the Kilauea volcano astatine the Devastation Trail place connected March 11, 2025. (William Campbell/Getty Images)
Kilauea remains astatine an Orange alert connected the USGS' alert-level system, meaning an eruption is underway but poses constricted hazards.
However, scientists are informing astir the expected accrued merchandise of sulfur dioxide state that has accompanied galore of these caller eruptions. Sulfur dioxide tin origin respiratory issues for radical successful downwind communities.
Other hazards see localized rockfalls and volcanic fragments, similar Pele's hair, which person wafted important distances downwind during immoderate caller episodes.
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