We know you've heard of a volcano...but how about a volnado? This afternoon, during episode 32 lava fountaining at Kīlauea, in Hawaii, the V3 live camera (https://ow.ly/QTir50WPZKu) caught this whirlwind kicking up loose ash and spatter deposits along the active lava fountain and flow within Halemaʻumaʻu crater. These whirlwinds, which can also occur on the crater rim downwind of the eruption (within the closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park), have been documented during several eruptiv

Good morning, and welcome to the newest eruption of Kīlauea! This morning, December 23, at approximately 2 a.m. HST, elevated earthquake activity began at the volcano's summit. By 2:30 a.m., the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory observed eruptive activity in Kīlauea summit webcam images, indicating that an eruption has commenced within Halemaʻumaʻu and the summit caldera in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is elevating Kīlauea’s volcano alert level from ADVI