Eruption Of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Pauses But Scientists Warn Situation Can 'Change Quickly'

GET A STORM OUT THERE, YOU'RE ON AN ISLAND. YEAH. SO THAT IS TRUE. YEAH. SOMETHING TO WATCH. ALL RIGHT. MEANTIME, TO HAWAII'S BIG ISLAND NOW, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOUNT KILAUEA, THE YOUNGEST AND MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO ON THE BIG ISLAND. IT HAS ERUPTED AGAIN. AGAIN? THIS TIME IT'S IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE HAWAIIAN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK, THE VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK. THIS IS AN AREA THAT HASN'T SEEN AN ERUPTION SINCE 1974. BOX WEATHER CORRESPONDENT MAX GORDON HAS MORE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT ANY HOMES, STRUCTURES OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER. THE ERUPTION IS TAKING PLACE IN A RELATIVELY REMOTE AREA OF HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, AND THE IMAGES WE'RE GETTING IN ARE PRETTY SPECTACULAR. THESE ARE THE FIRST AERIAL SHOTS OF THE ERUPTION THAT WE'VE SEEN, COURTESY OF THE USGS. IT SHOWS LAVA FOUNTAINING FROM A HALF MILE LONG FISSURE. THREE OTHER FISSURES WERE ACTIVE WHEN THE ERUPTION FIRST STARTED AROUND 12:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME, BUT THE USGS SAYS THEY'RE NO LONGER SPEWING LAVA THIS IS AN AREA OF THE VOLCANO THAT HASN'T SEEN AN ERUPTION IN 50 YEARS. WHEN THAT LAST ERUPTION OCCURRED BACK IN 1974, IT ONLY LASTED ABOUT SIX HOURS. BUT SCIENTISTS SAY THERE'S NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW LONG THIS LATEST ERUPTION WILL LAST. CURRENTLY, THE USGS HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY HAS RAISED THE ALERT LEVEL FOR GROUND BASED HAZARDS FROM A WATCH TO A WARNING, AND THE AVIATION COLOR CODE FROM ORANGE TO RED. BECAUSE OF THE GASES AND PARTICLES THAT ARE BEING EMITTED. VOG, OR VOLCANIC SMOG DOWNWIND OF THE ERUPTION, IS ALSO A HAZARD AND COULD POSE A RISK TO VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. THIS LATEST ERUPTION IS RELATIVELY LOW IN ERUPTIVE VOLUME, AND THE USGS SAYS THAT THE LAVA FLOWS ARE PRETTY THIN AND HAVE ONLY TRAVELED A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE FISSURE. THE HAWAII VOLCANO OBSERVATORY SAID IT WOULD MONITOR THE VOLCANO CLOSELY FOR SIGNS OF INCREASING

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Length: 1min 54sec (114 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 04 2024