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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, shooting steam and ash kilometres into the sky
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on the Big Island has erupted, sending a massive steam and ash cloud into the atmosphere that lingered for around an hour.
Key points:
- The steam cloud shot 9 kilometres up into the sky, authorities said
- There are reports of lava fountains shooting around 50 metres high
- Locals were warned to watch out for falling ash and hazardous gas
The eruption began late Sunday local time within Kilauea’s summit crater, the US Geological Survey said.
The crater, named Halemaumau, is located within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and was home to a longstanding lava lake that was present for years before a 2018 eruption caused it to drain.
Tom Birchard, a senior forecaster with the National Weather Service in Hawaii, said lava…
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