News Alert – Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Now Creates Its Own Weather ~ July 3, 2018

Fountains from Fissure 8 spatter cone continue to supply lava to the open channel with intermittent small, short-lived overflows. These overflows rarely extend beyond the existing flow field. No active overflows were observed during this morning’s helicopter overflight. The spatter cone is now about 55 m (180 ft) tall at its highest point, and fountains rarely rise above that point. At the coast, the northern margin of the flow field is still oozing fresh lava at several points in the area of Kapoho Beach Lots. Lava was entering the sea over a broad area this morning primarily on the northern side of the entry area. As shown by yesterday’s thermal map of the flow field, the lava channel has crusted over about 0.8 km (0.5 mi) inland of the ocean entry; lava is moving beneath the crust and into still-molten interior of earlier flows before it enters the sea in multiple oozeouts.

Today Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Military Footage Shows Lava River Now Over 100 Foot Wide (Full HD) Footage from an Hawaii Army National Guard survey of the Kilauea eruption.

Starting with fissure eight, that has developed a sizable cone around it and is sending channelized lava down to Kapoho. The lava river is at time well over 100 foot across a moves quickly.

Footage shows Volcanic Fissure #8 As seen from the intersection of highway 132 and Pohoiki Road.

Breaking News: Hawaii’s Kilauea Major Earthquake Hits As Lava Enters Ocean In Kapoho (TTM) ~ June 4, 2018

Breaking News: Hawaii’s Kilauea Major Earthquake Hits As Lava Enters Ocean In Kapoho The lava is coming from fissure 8, which officials say continues to feed a large channelized flow traveling along Highway 132, the Pahoa-Kapoho Road. At this time, officials warn that both Highways 132 and 137 remain shut down due to lava inundation. The lava flow also led to the rescues of three people who were trapped while in the isolated areas of Kapoho and Vacationland. They were airlifted out of the area by county rescuers, according to officials with the National Guard on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, a preliminary 5.5-magnitude quake rattled the Big Island just before 4 p.m. Sunday near Kilauea. No tsunami was expected from the quake, which is among the strongest of the 500 smaller earthquakes recorded between Saturday and Sunday. USGS officials said the high amount of seismic activity was the most earthquakes recorded in a 24-hour period on Hawaii Island.