Dense fog already blanketed the Mauna Kea summit at 5:25 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2026, nearly completely obstructing the ...

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March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...

As people from around the world are captivated by episodic lava fountaining during the ongoing Kilauea eruption in Halema‘uma‘u, let’s use the current pause and transition our attention back to the ...

Oct. 7—Is Mauna Loa about to blow after 38 years of silence ? A couple of weeks of elevated seismic activity and ground swelling on the mountain suggest that might be the case. Is Mauna Loa about to ...

Officials from the National Park Service said two hikers who were rescued Monday morning from Mauna Loa after getting lost during severe winter weather that had closed the summit. They were also cited ...

Now that the world’s largest active volcano erupted for the first time since 1984, officials expect crowds to flood to Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park in hopes of witnessing the historic event. Those ...

Scientists can't know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale signs. That happened two years ago with the world's largest active volcano. About two months ...

Hawaii island’s Mauna Loa (background), towers over the summit crater of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on April 25, 2019. A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The National Park Service said two hikers were airlifted off Mauna Loa on Monday after getting lost and running out of food and water during severe winter weather. Officials ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest active volcano on Friday — Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii — knocking items off shelves and cutting power in a nearby town ...

MAUNA KEA >> Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu, who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, the highest point ...