HAWAII — The Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island stopped erupting on Sunday after flowing for almost 10 hours. At its highest, the fountain of lava soared 1,300 feet in the air from the south vent, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The plume of smoke reached an altitude of around 35,000 feet.

Each winter, as the temperature drops, water freezes mid-air to create a frozen spectacle. On New York's coldest days, an ice volcano grows at Letchworth State Park. In 2015, the frozen fountain drew national attention as the massive icy geyser inched upward each day. The frozen volcano is created annually.

Scientists in Mexico documented a number of changes inside El Chichón during monitoring between June and December 2025.

A volcano in Ethiopia that last erupted when human civilization was still in its infancy has roared back to life, sending ash into the sky and lava across a sparsely populated landscape. After roughly 12,000 years of geological quiet, the Hayli Gubbi ...