When the ground near Leilani Estates opened and began spilling out noxious fumes and lava from Mount Kilauea last week, residents of the neighborhood near the Hawaiian volcano fled. Several hundred ...

Can using explosives to divert volcanic destruction actually work? The first try in Hawaii set the stage for more attempts, but conditions for success are extremely rare. An aerial view shows a bomb ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea—one of Earth’s most active volcanoes—is bringing the drama. On December 6 lava fountains in the Halema‘uma‘u crater at the shield volcano’s summit spewed more than 1,000 feet into the ...

It was the 38th eruption since the current series began in December 2024. Another spectacular eruption at one of the most active volcanoes in the world has destroyed the live camera volcanologists use ...