Mauna Loa has erupted 33 times since 1843. It last erupted in 1984 when lava flowed down its eastern flank only to stop 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometers) short of Hilo, the Big Island's most populous town.

Gov. David Ige spoke during Monday’s news conference on the eruption of Mauna Loa.Hawaii governor David Ige speaks during a news conference on the eruption of Mauna Loa on Hawaii island on ...

Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on Earth, it just started erupting. Here's the caldera filling up with lava in the last 2 hours (last frame from 14min ago). Take care my friends on Big Island!

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&… ...

Molten rock flows from Mauna Loa on April 4, 1984. Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island to prepare for the possibility that the world’s largest active volcano may erupt given ...

Molten rock flows from Mauna Loa, on the island of Hawaii, on April 4, 1984. Hawaii officials are again warning residents of the Big Island to prepare for the possibility that the world's largest ...

HILO, Hawaii — Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two ...

Many Native Hawaiians and environmental activists upset with the U.S. military’s history of damaging Hawaiian lands with ...

Mauna Loa, rising 13,679 feet above sea level, is the much larger neighbor to Kilauea volcano, which erupted in a residential neighborhood and destroyed 700 homes in 2018. Some of its slopes are ...