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    Hawaii volcano begins erupting after three-month pause

    HONOLULU (AP) – Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting on Wednesday after a three-month pause, displaying spectacular fountains of mesmerising, glowing lava that’s a safe distance from people and structures in a national park on the Big Island.

    A glow was detected in webcam images from Kilauea’s summit early in the morning, indicating that an eruption was occurring within the Halemaumau crater in the summit caldera, the United States Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.

    The images show fissures at the base of the crater generating lava flows on the crater floor’s surface, the observatory said.

    Before issuing the eruption notice, the observatory said increased earthquake activity and changes in the patterns of ground deformation at the summit started on Tuesday night, indicating the movement of magma in the subsurface.

    “We’re not seeing any signs of activity out on the rift zones right now,” said a geologist with the observatory Mike Zoeller.

    “There’s no reason to expect this to transition into a rift eruption that would threaten any communities here on the island with lava flows or anything like that.”

    All activity was within a closed area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. “The lava this morning is all confined within the summit caldera. So plenty of room for it still to produce more without threatening any homes or infrastructure,” said park spokesperson Jessica Ferracane.

    “So that’s the way we like our eruptions here.”

    An eruption takes place on the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. PHOTO: AP
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