Scientists declare two Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting

No lava movement is seen in fissure 3 vent on the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii,on December 12, 2022 (US Geological Survey via AP/PA)

US scientists declared on Tuesday that two active Hawaii volcanoes — one where lava destroyed hundreds of homes in 2018 and another where lava recently stalled before reaching a crucial Big Island highway — have stopped erupting.

“Kilauea is no longer erupting,” the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement, followed by a separate one saying: “Mauna Loa is no longer erupting.”