Coast Guard extends safety zone around Hawaii lava flows after 'bomb' hits tour boat

(CNN) The US Coast Guard extended the required safety zone surrounding active lava flows in Hawaii after a flying hunk of lava hit a tour boat and injured 23 people. The so-called lava bomb punctured the roof of a lava tour boat named Hot Shot on

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Lava from the Hawaii volcano has created a tiny new island off its coast

(CNN) Lava that's still flowing from the Kilauea volcano has now created a tiny new island off the coast of Hawaii. The island of lava appeared Thursday, just offshore from the northern edge of the Big Island, the United States Geological Survey said

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Photo: Kīlauea volcano's lava forms new land off Hawaii's coast

The ongoing Kīlauea volcano eruptions in Hawaii have led to the formation of a tiny, new piece of land made of lava on the Fissure 8 ocean entry's northernmost part, according to the United States Geological Survey's Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO).

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