Lava from Mauna Loa has been creeping toward the highway ... “Note, we just got a revised estimate based upon the flow-front location measured by our team on the ground,” the USGS tweeted.

Mauna Loa has been erupting for days, with lava shooting to heights of up to 148 feet on Tuesday. “We weren’t sure which way it was going to flow, you know which way Pele was going to decide ...

The U.S. Coast Guard shared new aerial footage of the lava flow from the summit of Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island since it first started to erupt Sunday ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] Lava "flow fingers" have been spotted emerging from Mauna Loa's caldera as its current eruption continues.

UPDATE: 10:15 a.m. There has been little change to the northeast rift zone eruption of Mauna Loa over the past 24 hours, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. A lava flow fed by Fissure No.

Scientists know from past events that the early stages of a Mauna Loa eruption can be very dynamic, with both the location and direction of lava flows capable of changing at very short notice.

UPDATE: 5 p.m. The Mauna Loa eruption continues, though little has changed since this morning. Fissure No. 3 remains active and is feeding a lava flow, while Fissure No. 4 is "sluggish," the ...

Mauna Loa last erupted 38 years ago after a series ... a vantage point for the lava flow. As of December 6, around 17,000 cars entered the viewing area set up by the Hawaii National Guard.

For many Native Hawaiians, an eruption of a volcano like Mauna Loa has a deep yet very personal ... nephews and close friends as close to the lava flow as possible. There they will chant to ...

Those communities include places like Ocean View and Pahala, where the steep southwestern slopes of Mauna Loa would accelerate any lava flows significantly. At an Ocean View community meeting in ...