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Kilauea erupts for 55th time since 2024 after rare pause
The eruption follows a rare two-month pause, and thermal imagery shows glowing lava flows moving across the crater over several days; the volcano appears to be on a schedule.

Footage: JPSS imagery: CSU/CIRA & NOAA/NESDIS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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- First reported by FOX Weather: “See it: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts for 55th time since 2024 after rare two-month pause”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 12:01 AM ET on Late Night BBN, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock; aired 2 times.
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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentKilauea is back in action with its fifty-fifth eruption since twenty twenty-four, ending a rare two-month break, according to FOX Weather.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo months off, and now it's back at work.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it. This is thermal imagery, days of lava in six seconds, and look at the bright green and yellow glow of that flow.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt spreads, it shifts, it keeps glowing. It's hustling.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch this, the heat pattern changes right there as the lava moves. That's the volcano rushing to finish before the loop restarts.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRun it back.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBut you just said you weren't interested.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorViral Score: eight out of ten, because after fifty-five eruptions the loop is the only thing in Hawaii that finishes on time.
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