What’s open for business? While in The Local And yes, you can airports businesses look at the lava All flights are With the exception of From permitted boats to Hawai‘i operating to and 2/3 of Hawai‘i Volcanoes helicopters and planes, from Kona and National Park and you can take in stunning Do as the locals do: Hilo International Volcano House, all shops, sights of Kīlauea in an Airports hotels, restaurants, and unforgettable way. Until relax. Kīlauea Volcano more are open – including further notice, ground has been active, but in Pāhoa town, where you tours to the immediate that won’t keep you may see the glow at night. area are not available. from enjoying the island of Hawai‘i. How does the lava travel underground? EAST RIFT ZONE Halemaumau crater eruption site How is the air? Kīlauea Puuōō caldera With increased volcanic activity comes more vog, laze, SO2, and ash than usual on the island. (More on that below.) Air quality is continuously being tracked and information about possible health impacts can be found here: bit.ly/vogeffects Ash Kauai Generated by steam and/or gas-induced eruptions when Oahu magma levels drop and interact with water. Molokai Laze Forms when lava and ocean Maui meet, and it doesn’t spread Lānai in the air. Island of SO2 Hawai‘i Concentrated fumes But where (known as sulfur dioxide) that arise near active lava flows. exactly is the eruption? Vog Lower Volcanic smog that Puna So, what does that mean? spreads by wind. Kīlauea by most continuously years of square miles have been # active shield volcano volcanic activity impacted by Kīlauea’s lava the numbers 1 in the world 35 10 (out of 4,028 on the island) For more information and updates on Kīlauea Volcano: Call Hawai‘i Tourism United States 1-800-464-2924 Or visit: Eruption map and Volcano updates bit.ly/volcanoupdates Interagency Vog Information Dashboard bit.ly/voginfo EPA Air Monitoring Viewer bit.ly/epaairmonitoring Current Conditions bit.ly/hawaiiairquality Vog Forecasts bit.ly/vogmodel Ashfall Forecast bit.ly/ashfallforecast.