The number 43 is for Episode 43 of the ongoing Kīlauea volcano episodic summit eruption that ejected that tephra during just more than 9 hours of sustained high lava fountaining that began shortly after 9 a.m. and ended just before 6:30 p.m.

Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano eruption sent lava 1,000 feet into the air and forced officials to close parts of the national park.

Kīlauea is back in the spotlight after Episode 43 of summit fountaining kicked off at 9:17 a.m. HST on Tuesday inside Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, prompting the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to raise the alert level to a Volcano Watch.

Eruptive episode 43 began at the summit of Kīlauea within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park at 9:17 a.m. Initial fountains began from the north vent, with the south vent starting just before 10 a.m., according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

A 33-year-old Hawaii man is dead after entering a closed section of Kīlauea caldera at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, triggering an overnight search and rescue operation in steep, hazardous terrain,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Streams of molten lava flowed from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano overnight Saturday into Sunday, ahead of another eruption expected to take shape in the coming days, the U.S. Geological ...

A visitor to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park died after venturing into a restricted area near the Kilauea caldera, authorities say. The 33-year-old Hawaii man entered a prohibited area on the east side of the caldera,