What happens when a tornado meets a volcano? 🌪️ Take a look at this incredible video! A tornado-like vortex was seen during the volcanic eruption at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Justin Hiram captured this amazing clip, calling it a “volnado.” “’Volnado,’ ‘Lavanado,’ or ‘Lava whirlwind?’ Call it what you will...it’s cool and fire!” said the USGS about a similar event at Kilauea in September. “They may not be scientific terms, but they are fun to say.” Justin spotted the phenomenon at noon on

A swirling ash "tornado" formed next to jets of lava on Sunday as Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is once again shooting lava more than 1,000 feet into the air. During episode 36 of the current series of eruptions, lava fountains reached between 1,000 and 1,100 feet, according to measurements by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The current episodic eruption began on Dec. 23, 2024, and has produced significant lava fountaining not seen since the 1983–86 episodic fountains at the beginning of the Puʻuʻō