Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again as officials warn public to about potential volcanic gas exposure
One of the world’s most active volcanoes is erupting again in a remote part of a Hawaii National Park.
Kilauea erupted briefly on Sunday night in an area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park closed to the public.
The volcano’s Middle East Rift Zone eruption then resumed on Monday night, the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.
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Volcanic gas known as “vog” may reach downwind subdivisions near the park, the observatory warned.
The park encompasses the summits of two of the world’s most active volcanoes: Kilauea and Mauna Loa. But the eruption’s location in a remote wilderness area more than 10km from the nearest road doesn’t make public viewing possible, according to park officials.
During a Tuesday morning helicopter overflight, geologists observed fountaining eruptive fissures and active lava flows on the floor of Napau Crater.
