Summary
- Kilauea volcano, one of the world’s most active, erupted in an area within Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park.
- The eruption, which began in the morning, paused about 12 hours later but activity remained dynamic.
- Lava was fountaining from half-mile-long fissures with volcanic gases blowing downwind.
- The unpredictability of volcanic eruptions makes them hazardous, as noted by a park official.
