The County of Hawaii has opened shelters in Kau at the Robert Herkes Gymnasium in Pāhala and at the Old Airport Gymnasium (Kailua Park) in Kailua-Kona amidst reports of self-evacuations along the South Kona coast.
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby. The U.S.
An ashfall advisory is in effect Monday for Hawaii s Big Island and surrounding waters until 6 a.m. HST (noon EST) after Mauna Loa, the world s largest active volcano, began erupting
The world’s largest active volcano spewed some ash and lava Monday and officials said that Mauna Loa wasn t threatening communities on Hawaii’s Big Island but people should be prepared for
The geological make up of the area? well, surprisingly, the volcano itself is intact, and that s unusual because when volcanoes erupt of this magnitude, usually blow themselves up think mount vesuvius or mount st helens or krakatoa. in this case, the volcano was intact but has left a hole in the centre, called a caldera, that s two kilometres across, 850 metres deep i m not sure what that is in feet, but it s an absolutely outstanding event and we know that debris from this eruption has spread out up to distances over 80 kilometres, and this debris is in the form of avalanches, underwater avalanches that have just completely smothered the seafloor, just destroyed all life and, in places, have buried the seafloor in up to 70 metres thick of new material. some incredible pictures, kevin mackay speaking to me earlier.
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