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The U.S. Geological Survey announced Sunday morning that Kilauea is no longer erupting.
Property owners say they've been battling trespassers who are damaging the historic cinder cone.
A Leilani Estates couple considers themselves lucky -- and better prepared.
Construction is set to begin on new buildings damaged at the rim of Kilauea crater.
Five years have passed since Kilauea erupted – upending the lives of Hawaii Island families.
The current eruption within Halemaumau Crater has created an immense lava lake, spanning about 300 acres.
"We didn’t think that we would get to see anything like this at all."
The glow from the volcano is lighting up the early morning and night skies.
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano is now erupting a steady stream of lava after a period of intermittent pulsing.
The emissions from Kilauea include hazardous gases like sulfur dioxide.
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Due to a combination of the 2018 eruption coming to a halt and the COVID-19 pandemic, there haven’t been as many visitors to the Kilauea-Volcano Village area.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory officials said the lava lake got 39 feet deeper in the last 24 hours.
The US Geological Survey said more than two billion gallons has spewed out of Kilauea since Sunday night.
Authorities say the eruption is still going strong but has “stabilized,” posing no immediate threat to the public.
In the early hours of Monday morning, fountains of lava shot 165 feet into the air and fed a lava lake at the basin of the crater.
The park is open 24/7 and visitors can still view the plume rising from the crater.
The Halemaumau Crater eruption seemed to come out of nowhere, surprising Hawaii Island residents and the state.
Scientists were planning to up the advisory level Monday, before the eruption happened.
A magnitude-4.1 earthquake beneath Mauna Loa’s northwest flank shook parts of Hawaii Island on Friday morning.
So far, Hawaii County has received more than half a billion dollars for disaster relief.
The Hawaii Department of Health determined the state’s only geothermal power plant does not need an additional environmental review in its ongoing effort to restart after the facility was shut down by a volcanic eruption.
This network was designed for the volcanic activity of the time and captured the two long-lived eruptions of Kilauea at the summit and East Rift Zone up close.
Hawaii County Council members have accused the county’s administrators of a slow response in enacting programs to assist the public’s recovery from the Kilauea volcanic eruption two years ago.
Hawaii County is distributing $3.7 million to 18 organizations for Kilauea eruption recovery projects, including for structure and road repairs.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has taken advantage of reduced visitor numbers resulting from the coronavirus to repair and reopen parts of the park that were closed after the 2018 Kilauea eruption.
Tina Neal spent the last 5-years as scientist in charge at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Some proposals include the demolition of Jaggar Museum and the construction of an open-air viewing shelter there instead.
The “After Action Report” shows there were mistakes made.
Mayor Kim announced the route will be opened Wednesday at noon.
Officials are hoping to complete the work by Oct. 5.
Puu Leilani, Puʻuoʻailāʻau and Keahiluawalu O Pele are some of the names being considered.
“It’s like kicking somebody when they’re already down."
The supplies were being kept to help residents in case of future natural disasters.
The hard-hit community is still working to bring life back to full normalcy.
“We are starting the healing process."
A magnitude-4.2 earthquake struck just before 5:30 p.m.
Park officials said the rockfall could be viewed from across across the caldera at Volcano House.
Officials say the eruption evacuee shelter behind Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa is still 75 percent full.
The need for more permanent housing across Hawaii Island is extremely high.
“What this represents is the best we can do for funds needed this year but it doesn’t represent what’s needed in the full long-term recovery."
The Hawaii Volcano Observatory lowered the alert level at Kilauea from ‘advisory’ to ‘normal’ on Tuesday, signaling what the agency says is a return to a non-eruptive state.
Scientists said rockfalls have filled the deepest portions of the crater and given it a much different geometry.
Prosecutors said that the man had pleaded guilty to one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The owner of the Puna Geothermal Venture plans to re-start operations by the end of the year.
The 2018 eruption went on for months, destroying more than 700 homes and decimating whole communities.
The lava that erupted into the lower east rift zone last year reached a maximum temperature of 2,080 degrees Fahrenheit.
Last May, as lava erupted from Kilauea land surveyors from Stantec put personnel on the ground to stay ahead of the lava flowing from Fissure 8.
A crop of new names have been proposed for the magnificent and powerful Fissure 8.
State lawmakers generally expressed support for the proposal.
The relative quiet has given Hawaii County time to officially tally up the size and scope of the eruption.