Hawaii Island’s Kilauea volcano began erupting on March 10, spewing rock fragments as large as footballs, threatening nearby communities and closing nearby highways.
"Vigorous fountaining has started," Hawaii Volcanoes National Park said on its Facebook page.
The United States Geological Survey said fallout had created hazardous conditions in downwind areas, with one resident reporting more than an inch of tephra — a mix of magma, rock and volcanic glass — on the roads of a golf course subdivision.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the eruption began at 9:17 a.m. Hawaii time, with a plume eventually reaching as high as 25,000 feet above sea level.
USGS video from the location featured dramatic footage of orange lava spewing from the volcano’s Halemaʻumaʻu crater with plumes of black smoke floating skyward.
