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The Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii erupts, prompting the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency to urge residents to stay indoors. The eruption followed a series of small earthquakes. A previous eruption in May 2018 destroyed hundreds of homes.
2020-12-21

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park reopens after 134 days of closure due to volcanic activity at Kilauea that damaged park infrastructure.
2018-09-22

Hawaii cancels a grant funding the island government's purchase of a recreational land parcel that is now covered by fresh lava.
2018-07-24

Geologists monitoring the eruption of Kīlauea warned it could continue to spout lava for a long time.
2018-07-23

The number of homes destroyed by lava from the latest eruption reaches 700.
2018-07-9

A lava flow destroys at least 130 homes in the Vacationland Hawaii and Kapoho Beach Lots neighborhoods. Officials reported Vacationland Hawaii to be completely destroyed, while nearby Kapoho Bay has been filled with lava.
2018-06-5

More than 80 homes have now been destroyed by the Kilauea eruption.
2018-06-2

Several more properties are destroyed as Kīlauea continues to erupt.
2018-05-26

Billy Kenoi, the mayor of Hawaii's Big Island, declares a state of emergency to deal with the growing outbreak of dengue fever, which is spread by infected mosquitoes.
2016-02-8

Residents of Pahoa, Hawaii, begin evacuating ahead of an impending lava flow from the Kīlauea volcano.
2014-10-28