Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts
Los Angeles (AFP) - Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, one of the world's most active, has erupted but its lava so far is limited to its central crater and not threatening inhabited areas, authorities said Thursday. Lava fountains began appearing Wednesday on the surface of the crater's lava lake and have reached the "height of a 5-story building," the US Geological Survey wrote on Twitter Cracks first appeared in the Halema'uma'u crater earlier Wednesday and very quickly gave way to the lava fountains, which at times exceed a temperature of 1,100 degrees Celsius, the USGS said. The eruptions that have...