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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted again on Thursday, marking the 45th episode of its kind over the last year and a half. Lava began to burst from the volcano in the early morning, around 1:30 a.m.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The city of Burlington plans to repave more streets this season than in recent years. City officials claim extra funds will allow them to repave an extra mile. It’s welcome ...

The Methana volcano in Greece, thought to be dormant for hundreds of thousands of years, has been found accumulating enormous amounts of magma underneath. For more than 100,000 years, the volcano ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The so-called Hope Ranch Volcano in Santa Barbara — which ignited Thursday — isn’t actually a volcano. Geologists ...

Fire crews responded to a Hope Ranch “volcano” near Santa Barbara, California, as smoke and fire emerged from a coastal bluff vent on April 23, 2026. Santa Barbara County Fire Department Fire crews ...

A new scientific study has reignited global interest in the Yellowstone Caldera, after researchers suggested that magma beneath the surface may be located at shallower depths than previously believed, ...

Caraway Speedway underwent a partial repave over the winter that will make things different for the zMAX CARS Tour drivers on Saturday. What a 5,000-mile long marine heat wave means for summer in the ...

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Japan’s most active volcano erupted on Saturday afternoon, sending an ash plume 3.4km into the sky, grounding flights and blanketing the surrounding city of Kagoshima in debris. It was Sakurajima’s ...

A project to fully repave all lanes of 19th Avenue in San Francisco began Friday with a three-day closure expected to impact traffic during the weekend. The beginning of the second phase of the ...