Pre-trip Safety Update

 

There are a few volcanoes in Hawaii and most of them are in the normal volcano alert level. There is one of them, Kilauea which locates on the Big Island, is in the concern alert level http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/. On Monday, November 17, 2014, the weather network states that “Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began flowing through the Big Island June 27 -- and since then, it has taken over a cemetery, multiple roads and set a home on fire. While the lava continues to burn through everything in its path, officials announced Sunday that the flow has "essentially stalled. The lava doesn't appear to be threatening any more homes, at least not for now -- but officials aren't sure if it will start moving again.” The affected areas are closed.

 In this link http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/activity/kilaueastatus.php, you can find the most current updates about Kilauea’s activities.

County of Hawaii website http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/active-alerts/ does give out active alerts for the islands which include the eruption information.

There are 2 hot lines for eruption information:

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
by phone at: (808) 967-8862

County of Hawai'i Civil Defense
by phone at: (808) 935-0031 (7:45 am - 4:30 pm)