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Hundreds of visitors are driving to Kalapana each day to see the ocean entries of Kīlauea's east-rift lava flows. As these visitors watch the flows...

Last week's "Volcano Watch" detailed the development of the new gas vent - and small explosive eruption - on the south wall of Halema`uma`u Crater.

2008 will be known as the year that Kīlauea Volcano had a mid-life crisis. After 25 years of almost continuous, effusive eruption from its east rift...

Last week was a family reunion of sorts, as Pele met her sister, Namakaokaha`i, when lava from Kīlauea Volcano entered the ocean for the first time...

Now that lava flows have reached the ocean below Royal Gardens subdivision, the concern 7 months ago of lava pouring northeast from a new vent toward...

After a few brief forays into the upper reaches of the Royal Gardens subdivision over the last several weeks, the Thanksgiving Eve Breakout (TEB) flow...

When the crust of the earth is subjected to great forces, such as the weight of the Hawaiian Islands or the forceful intrusion of magma, it can bend...

Oftentimes, in videos of Hawaiian eruptions, you may see people near the vent or the lava rivers sampling the molten rock. This can be dangerous work...

While most island residents were understandably concerned about our week of intense rain, HVO staff continued to monitor Kīlauea Volcano's eruption.

In early June 1980, high on the south flank of Mount St. Helens, two geochemists hastily installed state-of-the-art equipment to monitor magmatic gas...