KILAUEA VOLCANO, BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - There's been a new formation spotted within the once highly active fissure no. 8. A drone flyover Wednesday morning noted what scientists call a "small ...

KILAUEA VOLCANO, BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - Just when Kilauea's eruption seemed to be quieting down, new lava has covered the floor of the crater within the fissure 8 cone. On Monday, Hawaiian ...

HONOLULU – (KHON2) Fissure 8 – the most productive opening in last year’s Kilauea breakout flow — could soon be renamed with one of 20 possible titles submitted to the state Board on Geographic Names.

In Hawaiian culture names have deep meaning. They denote status, times of year, important historical events and even what a place or thing was used for. The name that will be given to Fissure 8 is one ...

After months of spewing hot lava into residential neighborhoods and into the sea, it appears that Hawaii's Kilauea volcano may be taking a pause after a slowdown in activity since the weekend. The U.S ...

Neighbors of Puna’s internationally famous “Fissure 8” want the still smoldering volcanic vent preserved for future generations, and they’re asking a county land-buying commission to purchase it using ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said in its Hawaiian Volcano Observatory status report this morning that its crew continues to see no incandescence within the fissure 8 cone, on the flow field or at the ...

Fissure 8 officially has been named. Fissure 8 was the most active — and destructive — fissure during the 2018 Kilauea eruption in lower Puna. Hawaii County Council Resolution 640-18 requested that ...

The Kilauea eruption — which began May 3 and has destroyed more than 700 homes — “most likely” could continue for months to years. That’s the conclusion of a recent U.S. Geological Survey report ...

After months of eruptions that have forced evacuations, destroyed property and land and created new landscapes, lava output from Fissure 8 at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano was slowing down as of Sunday.

Mar. 5—Fissure 8, the most prolific and prominent vent in the 2018 eruption of Kilauea, finally has a name : Ahu'aila'au. The Hawaii Board on Geographic Names approved the name that refers to the ...