Hawaii’s Kilauea erupts again, sending ash plume 25,000 feet into the sky
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano was erupting and prompted the U.S. Geological Survey on Tuesday evening to raise the Volcano Alert Level to a “warning.”A Volcanic Activity Notice issued by the U.S. Geological Survey at 10:54 a.m. HST Tuesday said the alert level was moved from a “watch” to a “warning,” and that the aviation color warning had been upgraded from “orange” to “red.”According to USGS, a “WARNING” alert level means “a hazardous eruption is imminent, underway, or suspected,” and an aviation color of “red” means an eruption with “significant ash emission is imminent, underway, or suspected.” The aviation code colors of red and orange are focused on whether there is a threat to aviation posed by volcanic ash, USGS’s website states.USGS said it’s the 43rd episode of the volcano erupting, and that lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu started at the summit of Kīlauea at 9:17 a.m. HST on Tuesday, and was continuing to erupt. Kiluea is located on the southeastern shore of the Island of Hawaii.”Fallout up to football-sized pieces and smaller are reported at overlooks in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, creating hazardous ground conditions,” USGS said in the notice.USGS said that the National Weather Service or Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center had reported that the plume from the eruption was reaching 25,000 feet above sea level, and that Ground-level sensors near the eruptive vents indicate that winds are blowing from the south direction, which suggests that volcanic gas emissions and volcanic material may be distributed to the north direction from Halemaʻumaʻu.In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, around 5:50 p.m. ET, USGS said, “Both the south and north vents are currently about 1,300 feet high.” USGS also said small tephra, or small glassy volcanic fragments, up to 1-2 inches, are falling in Volcano Village, and that a light fall of tephra is also reported from the community of Royal Hawaiian Estates.In an earlier Facebook post, USGS said golf course housing and Highway 11 were being hit with tephra of up to five inches.USGS said most lava fountaining episodes at Kilauea since Dec. 23, 2024, have continued for a day or less.
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano was erupting and prompted the U.S. Geological Survey on Tuesday evening to raise the Volcano Alert Level to a “warning.”
A Volcanic Activity Notice issued by the U.S. Geological Survey at 10:54 a.m. HST Tuesday said the alert level was moved from a “watch” to a “warning,” and that the aviation color warning had been upgraded from “orange” to “red.”
According to USGS, a “WARNING” alert level means “a hazardous eruption is imminent, underway, or suspected,” and an aviation color of “red” means an eruption with “significant ash emission is imminent, underway, or suspected.” The aviation code colors of red and orange are focused on whether there is a threat to aviation posed by volcanic ash, USGS’s website states.
USGS said it’s the 43rd episode of the volcano erupting, and that lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu started at the summit of Kīlauea at 9:17 a.m. HST on Tuesday, and was continuing to erupt. Kiluea is located on the southeastern shore of the Island of Hawaii.
“Fallout up to football-sized pieces and smaller are reported at overlooks in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, creating hazardous ground conditions,” USGS said in the notice.
USGS said that the National Weather Service or Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center had reported that the plume from the eruption was reaching 25,000 feet above sea level, and that Ground-level sensors near the eruptive vents indicate that winds are blowing from the south direction, which suggests that volcanic gas emissions and volcanic material may be distributed to the north direction from Halemaʻumaʻu.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, around 5:50 p.m. ET, USGS said, “Both the south and north vents are currently about 1,300 feet high.” USGS also said small tephra, or small glassy volcanic fragments, up to 1-2 inches, are falling in Volcano Village, and that a light fall of tephra is also reported from the community of Royal Hawaiian Estates.
In an earlier Facebook post, USGS said golf course housing and Highway 11 were being hit with tephra of up to five inches.
USGS said most lava fountaining episodes at Kilauea since Dec. 23, 2024, have continued for a day or less.
