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The latest eruption of a Hawaii volcano isn't threatening any infrastructure but health officials are warning the public about air-quality hazards from volcanic smog known as vog. Kilauea, one of ...
The alert was sent at 8:08 a.m. Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time. [26] People in Hawaii reported seeing the alert on their smartphones. Many screenshots of the push alert were shared on social media platforms, such as Twitter. [27] [28] The alert read, in all capital letters: [29] BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.
The lava that began spewing from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano earlier this month is no longer a threat to the public, but officials are now warning that the volcanic smog it’s emitting could include ...
Sep. 12—Related Photo Gallery: HVO geologists observe as Kīlauea continues to erupt As the eruption of Kilauea continued for a second day, vog conditions returned to the west side of Hawaii island.
The 2018 lower Puna eruption was a volcanic event on the island of Hawaiʻi, on Kīlauea volcano's East Rift Zone that began on May 3, 2018. It is related to the larger eruption of Kīlauea that began on January 3, 1983, though some volcanologists and USGS scientists have discussed whether to classify it as a new eruption. [2]
Vog mostly affects the Kona coast on the west side of the Island of Hawaii, where the prevailing trade winds blow the vog to the southwest and southern winds then blow it north up the Kohala coast. Prolonged periods of southerly Kona winds , however, can cause vog to affect the eastern side of the Island on rare occasions, and affect islands ...
Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano is erupting again, and a group of lucky tourists got to watch lava spewing from the volcano in real time. This is the ninth eruption the volcano has had since Dec. 23, and ...
In response to the second episode, scientists and local government officials on April 9, 2008, ordered hundreds of people to evacuate from the Park and nearby villages because the sulfur dioxide concentration levels had reached a critical level and a hazardous vog plume extended downwind from the crater. The evacuation lasted two days.