of the island’s perimeter road. Events at Mauna Loa’s summit leading up to and during the rift zone eruption are not well understood. In this period of the 19th century, visits to the summit ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Kaʻū district. However, this may not have been the ...

Crews were called to the intersection of 137th Avenue and Mauna Loa Lane, just east of Litchfield Road, around 4 p.m. First responders arrived and attempted to save the motorcyclist’s life ...

There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, but Kilauea is the real "must-see." A 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active since Jan. 3 ...

Mauna Loa – or Long Mountain – is overshadowed ... driving along the scenic Chain of Craters Road (where 2003 lava flow naturally dead-ended a paved road). But if you only have one day ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...