Natural disasters, from wildfires, floods and mudslides in western states to large earthquakes in Japan ... What’s next? Lava is erupting from several volcanoes, including one in Hawaii.

Shield volcanoes are big, broad volcanoes made up of oozy lava flows that erupt from multiple ... and it sits on a seamount east of Japan, its summit 6,500 feet (1,980 m) below the ocean surface.

Kilauea is in a unique phase of activity in Halema‘uma‘u, with 12 episodes of dual lava fountains since Dec. 23, 2024. Several past eruptions have been characterized by similar lava ...