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Kilauea erupts for the 55th time since 2024 after rare pause
The eruption ended a rare two-month pause at the Hawaii volcano, which has now erupted fifty-five times since twenty twenty-four; satellite thermal imagery shows the lava flowing.

At a glance
- 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 Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 4:47 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.
- Topics: Hawaii.
- BBN covered this story before: Where to Eat Like You're in Hawaii, From 5,000 Miles (October 16).
The real story
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What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHawaii's Kilauea erupted again this weekend, the fifty-fifth time since twenty twenty-four, after a rare two-month pause, FOX Weather reports.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo months of rest and then right back to work. I respect a volcano with boundaries and a comeback.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it. This is the actual eruption, shot from space, so it looks like a weather map having a big day.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLook at that bright green and yellow glow. The lava is spreading out across the crater and I am not emotional about it.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch this part. The blob shifts, and I am circling it with the telestrator like it is a game-winning drive.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRun it back.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYou just told me you weren't emotional about it.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFine, your budget hack is that I fill the tank at happy hour prices and the plover just stays put, free of charge.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorViral score, nine, for looking exactly like my phone's battery report.
The story so far
- France's Luis and American Knibb win Ironman world titles in Hawaii · Yahoo Sports
- What's been driving Hawaii's lava fountains? · Ars Technica
- Celebrities gather in Hawaii for Jennifer Meyer's wedding · New York Post
- Hawaii: Billboards are banned. · Wikipedia
- Where to Eat Like You're in Hawaii, From 5,000 Miles · The New York Times
- Kilauea erupts for the 55th time since 2024 after rare pause (this story)
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