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HILO — Overflows of Kilauea’s summit lava lake covered a large portion of Halemaumau Crater on Thursday, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.
The overflows, ongoing since Saturday, are the largest since the summit eruption started a decade ago.
So far, the events have covered about three-quarters of the floor of Halemaumau in a new layer of lava as the volcano remains in a high inflationary period.
The crater is about 133 acres in size.