Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again.
The USGS says the 18th episode has resumed with lava fountains reaching heights of over 600 feet.
The volcano has been erupting on - and off for several weeks now at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Kilauea’s latest eruption began Dec. 23, and has been pausing and resuming since. Kilauea, Hawaii’s second-largest volcano, erupted from September 2021 until December 2024. A 2018 Kilauea eruption destroyed more than 700 homes.
Kilauea, located on the southeastern part of the Big Island, is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. The USGS says lava currently covers about over 20% of the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu crater.
The lava has remained inside the volcano’s summit caldera and within the park, and no residential areas have been threatened.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
