Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began to erupt on Sunday for the first time since 1984, scientists monitoring the volcano said. 28.11.2022, Sputnik International
According to scientists at the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in Hilo, the eruption began just before midnight on Sunday. Webcams mounted on the summit caldera of Mokuaweoweo showed a vast fissure had opened in the crater, from which fountains of lava were pouring forth.Later, lava and noxious sulfur dioxide gas began pouring out of vents along the volcano’s northeastern slope and flowing in rivers down the mountain’s gentle slopes.
