UPDATE: Episode 38 produces ash cloud over Puna, rare triple lava fountain; destroys 1 of 3 livestreaming webcams at Kīlauea summit

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Update at 10:44 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025: The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) reports that Episode 38 of the ongoing eruption sequence produced an ash cloud over Puna and featured a rare triple lava fountain. One of the three livestreaming webcams at the Kīlauea summit was destroyed during the event.

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“Episode 38 of the ongoing episodic eruption sequence” was used in official communications to describe the event.

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