AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Mount Kilauea's 51st eruption sends lava 950 feet high as Hawaii braces for ash fall
Mount Kīlauea roared back to life Wednesday morning with its 51st fountaining episode, hurling lava nearly a thousand feet into the air and sending a massive smoke plume more than three miles above sea level over Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The United States Geological Survey reported that Episode 51 began at 8:30 a.m. Hawaiian Standard […] The post Mount Kilauea's 51st eruption sends lava 950 feet high as Hawaii braces for ash fall appeared first on American Almanac .
Mount Kīlauea roared back to life Wednesday morning with its 51st fountaining episode, hurling lava nearly a thousand feet into the air and sending a massive smoke plume more than three miles above sea level over Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The United States Geological Survey reported that Episode 51 began at 8:30 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time. Within minutes, lava fountain heights jumped to 950 feet while molten rock spread at roughly 400 cubic yards per second, a staggering volume pouring from the volcano's summit. The National Weather Service tracked the smoke plume to 18,000 feet above sea level and issued a Special Weather Statement for the surrounding region, warning of falling ash driven by winds up to 13 mph. Light amounts of…Open