Mauna Loa

The situation is being closely monitored around the clock by scientists from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Hawai'i Emergency Management Agency, which are ...

The mountain, which is taller than Mount Everest measured from seafloor to summit, erupted Sunday. Its lava appears to be contained, but scientists say the ...

"Based on past events, the early stages of a Mauna Loa eruption can be very dynamic and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly," the USGS ...

“If the eruptive vents migrate outside its walls, lava flows may move rapidly downslope,” according to the USGS. The agency said the Hawaiian Volcano ...

(HILO) – Periodically, this afternoon when clouds hugging the summit of the world's largest volcano lifted, you could spot a field of lava on the ...

For the first time in a generation, lava began flowing from Mauna Loa at the heart of Hawaii's Big Island late Sunday. No one knows when it will stop, ...

On Monday afternoon, Hawaii Time, the eruption moved into the northeast Rift Zone adjacent to the summit, where lava began pouring forth from a handful of ...

The largest active volcano on Earth erupted Monday. Mauna Loa is one of at least three large 'shield volcanos' that overlap one another on the Big Island of ...

Mauna Loa is spewing sulfur dioxide and other volcanic gases. They form volcanic smog, or vog, when they mix with vapor, oxygen and dust in sunlight.

Lava, volcanic gas and smog are the main hazards from eruption of the world's largest active volcano.

Some residents chose to stay in a shelter after the volcanic eruption on the Big Island of Hawaii. There were no reports of mandatory evacuations.

Volcanologists have the first opportunity in nearly four decades to examine and measure an event of this magnitude at the largest volcano in the world.

Hawaii's Mauna Loa began erupting on Nov. 27 for the first time in nearly four decades. Here are some facts about the volcano:

The Mauna Loa Observatory has kept a nearly uninterrupted record of atmospheric carbon dioxide for more than 60 years, but a volcanic eruption has cut off ...