State Department of Health officials are advising residents and visitors to monitor air quality conditions due to the ongoing ...

"People that have asthma, people that have chronic lung disorders, they tend to get exacerbations or triggering their lung ...

The gas reacts with the atmosphere to create volcanic smog, known as vog, which can cause airborne health hazards for people and damage plants, according to the observatory. The last eruption on ...

A cold front is slowing down, bringing light winds, isolated showers, and warm conditions. Vog from Kilauea is affecting the ...

After a slow, sporadic start Tuesday morning, the 12th episode of the ongoing summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island was once again putting on a fantastic fountaining display similar to ...

The latest activity, classified as episode 11 of the ongoing eruption, began at 6:26 p.m. with low-intensity spattering before intensifying. By 6:50 p.m., lava was flowing onto the caldera floor ...

Hawaii expects stable weather and light winds with little rainfall into the weekend, with a shift to trade winds next week.

Hazards from the eruption include high levels of volcanic gas, which can produce vog (volcanic smog ) that affects downwind. Pele’s hair—fine strands of volcanic glass produced by lava ...

In particular, the sulfur dioxide released from the summit will react in the atmosphere to produce vog, or volcanic smog, downwind of Kilauea. Also downwind, strands of volcanic gas known as "Pele ...

USGS PHOTO by M. PATRICK Fountaining from the north vent feeds a lava flow spreading east across Kilauea’s crater floor during Episode 11 of the ongoing eruption on Wednesday. USGS PHOTO by M.