An eruption at one of Hawaii’s most famous volcanoes produced an unexpected and mesmerizing effect. When Halemaʻumaʻu crater ...

In ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or the Hawaiian language, we might call them puahiohio, or whirlwinds. In meteorological terms, these ...

Often spotted by onlookers in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, or even by YouTube livestream viewers, the long, ashy gray or ...

Move over, Sharknado, there's a new tornado combo in town, and this one's much more realistic: Volca-nado (Disclaimer: Not a technical term). What you're seeing is a weather phenomenon similar to a ...

Volcano Kilauea's puahiohio are swirling columns of ash and volcanic debris, often mistaken for tornadoes but formed by ...

Imagine a tornado spinning over an erupting supervolcano. The result would be catastrophic beyond comprehension. While such a collision is incredibly unlikely, exploring it reveals just how ...

A funnel cloud of spinning ash was caught on camera over the weekend, whirling around an eruption from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Kilauea, located in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, experienced a ...