VIDEO COURTESY USGS
Watch a live webcam video of the Mauna Loa eruption from Fissure No. 3.
COURTESY USGS
Fissure No. 3, is seen erupting this morning on the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa volcano.
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The Mauna Loa eruption has reached its ninth day as the lava flow marches slowly north toward the Daniel K. Inouye Highway, which remains open to traffic in both directions.
As of Monday afternoon, the leading edge of the Fissure No. 3 lava flow was about 2 miles from Daniel K. Inouye Highway, according to Hawaii County Civil Defense.
No communities are currently at risk.
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