As lava continued to flow from vents on Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, the state's department of health warned of poor air quality across the island.
The state agency said the air quality was normal on Monday afternoon, but warns this could change if volcanic emissions known as vog increase and spread across the state.
"Conditions are changing rapidly, and poor air quality may be very localized," the department of health warned in a news release.that features a real-time map with air-quality levels. On Tuesday morning, locations across the island had"good" air-quality levels. Mauna Loa, which is considered the world's most active volcano, erupted within the Mokuaweoweo caldera on Sunday night at 11:30 p.m. local time and had shifted to the northeast rift zone by Monday morning. Lava is flowing from three openings in the volcano fissures and flows from two of these moved downslope but stopped about 11 miles from Saddle Road, the US Geological Survey said. The the third fissure is feeding lava into the other two.
"These remain at above 10,000 feet elevation and over 10 miles away from Saddle Road. We do not expect upper fissures to reactivate," the USGS ."However, additional fissures could open along the Northeast Rift Zone below the current location, and lava flows can continue to travel downslope."
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