Scientists Say Eruption of Hawaii Volcano Continues to Ease

Spectators watch the lava flow down the mountain from the Mauna Loa eruption near Hilo, Hawaii, on Nov. 29, 2022. Marco Garcia/AP Photo

HONOLULU—The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to ease, scientists said Sunday, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mountain’s first flare-up in nearly 40 years might soon end.

“We have good news to report,” Ken Hon, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory, said during a briefing. “The eruption is still at an extremely low level at this point.”