Kilauea volcano update: Lava lake OVERFLOWS at summit - will the volcano erupt again?
The lava lake on Kilauea’s summit has spilled out of its overlook crater onto the floor of Halema’uma’ crater. It is the largest overflow since the summit vent opened up 10 years ago and the first time the lake has overflowed since October 2016. Since Saturday, the rim of the lava lake has overflowed five times. The volcano is on an Orange alert as eruptions continue at the summit of Kilauea and the East Rift Zone.
The U.S Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the summit lava lake has overflowed the Overlook crater rim several times in the past day. It said: “Beginning around midnight on Saturday, April 21. Kilauea Volcano’s summit lava lake rose high enough that lava briefly spilled onto the floor of Halema’uma’u. “Since then, additional overflows occurred in four pulses on April 22-23. “The largest once occurred during the fourth pulse, which started at 6.30am on Monday, April 23 and continued for about three hours, covering about a third of the crater floor with shiny black lava.”
USGS Kilauea volcano update: The lava lake at the summit of Kilauea has overflowed
USGS Kilauea volcano update: The largest overflow happened on Saturday night
Kilauea volcano is one of the most active on Earth, nearly continuously erupting since 1963. The USGS says the overflow covered much of the April/May 2015 and October 2016 overflows. However “a section of the 2015 overflow is still visible on the south (upper edge) of the Halema’uma’ crater floor.” The area around Halema’uma’ remains closed to the public due to ongoing volcanic hazards, officials say, including high sulfur dioxide gas emissions and unexpected rockfalls and explosions.
USGS Kilauea volcano update: The latest webcam image of the lava lake overflow
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