Continuous lava fountaining began about 2 p.m. today within Kilauea’s Halemaumau ... sluggish flows first erupted from the south vent between 7:30 and 7:50 HST followed by similar flows from ...

Earlier episodes have lasted 13 hours to eight days, with pauses in between ... lava flows exhibit intense heat shimmer and residual glow in some of their cracks at the summit of Kilauea volcano ...

Kilauea — which sits about 200 miles southeast of Honolulu — is between 200,000 to 300,000 years-old and has, in the past, ravaged nearby communities with its unceasing lava flows. But as a ...