Blast from Hawaii crater sends ash plume 13,000ft into the sky

An eruption from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spewed ash almost two and a half miles, or 13,000ft, into the sky, while a new fissure pumped out three feet of lava a second. The blast from the summit’s Halemaumau crater sent smog billowing into the air while the lava made its way into evacuated areas in the eastern corner of Hawaii’s Big Island. Easterly winds are expected to push volcanic gases, vog and ash westward towards more communities, officials said.

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