The Latest Breaking News from Big Island

Aerial images used to map lava from Mauna Loa eruption in Hawaii

Scientists use satellites and helicopters to map lava flows from the Mauna Loa volcano, and say they're seeing the lava continue its slow progress across the Big Island.

ABC News · Dec 7, 2022

Molten lava on Hawaii's Big Island could block main highway

Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2022

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

People in Hawaii are asking if anything can be done to stop or divert the flow of lava as molten rock from Mauna Loa volcano inches toward a highway on the Big Island

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

Erupting Hawaii Volcano Spurs Warning for People to Prepare

Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii’s Big Island to be ready in the event of a worst-case scenario.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 29, 2022

Hawaii volcano, world’s largest, erupts for first time in decades

Mauna Loa on the Big Island in the archipelago, began erupting late Sunday, putting emergency crews on alert.

Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2022

Mauna Loa: World's biggest volcano starts erupting spewing lava over Hawaii

Mauna Loa erupted on Sunday night in the summit caldera of the volcano on the Big Island, the US Geological Survey said, as the agency warned nearby residents to be prepared

Daily Mirror · Nov 28, 2022

Hawaii's Big Island gets warning as huge volcano rumbles

Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island to prepare for the possibility that the world’s largest active volcano may erupt given a recent spike in earthquakes at the summit of Mauna Loa

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022

Dennis Anderson: Go north for pheasants? Bird numbers say yes.

PINE CITY, Minn. – In 1917, a sportsman's group called the Minnesota Game Protective League established a game farm on Big Island in Lake Minnetonka. As quickly, state legislators funded the operation to the tune of $17,000, hoping that pheasants raised there and also bobwhite quail and ruffed grouse would…

Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022

Large wildfire burning amid drought on Hawaii’s Big Island

A large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii’s Big Island is not threatening any homes, but high winds and extremely dry conditions are making it difficult for crews to contain the blaze

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2022

Hawaii national park gets land where ancient villages stood

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island has been given new land in a deal that will protect and manage an ocean bay area that is home to endangered and endemic species and to culturally significant Native Hawaiian artifacts

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022