Kīlauea: Hawaiʻi on Fire FULL SPECIAL | NOVA | PBS America

Hawaiʻi’s Kīlauea volcano erupted in 2018, sending rivers of lava through communities and into the sea. Join scientists and local residents as they investigate the frightening spike in volcanic activity that turned an island paradise into an inferno.
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[@brunosmith6925]

"Oooh look! - An active volcano!" "How active is it?" "VERY active... it erupts violently every 30 years or so, like it's beeen doing for millions of years..." "Excellent! ... Let's build thousands of houses right on top of it!"

[@yeah7046]

😂😂

[@alidabotes6264]

😂

[@aotearoastyle]

Americans " Oh look guano, oh look sulphates, Excuse me Natives were going to just relocate you over here for a minute" . . . . . House burnt down

[@tanzanos]

American documentaries have sensationalistic narrations and music. A far cry from the mature and excellent British documentaries.

[@victoriousmax75]

oh well

[@thenova9600]

no

[@dcallan812]

You have to feel for the people who lost everything. But the sheer power of mother nature is jaw dropping.

[@ralphwhittington989]

Don't live on volcano do u

[@matthew-jy5jp]

My mother has supported PBS all of my childhood and I will do the same as an adult

[@MystLily]

2018 I was glued to the feeds on this eruption and it was the most interesting volcanic activity I've ever been able to witness and it just shows how the Hawaiian people love and respect the land they live on.

[@khalid6050ify]

Great documentary being a geologist, love to visit & explore beauty of nature.

[@kiki_with_miki8865]

Love how the people there are one with nature even under such circumstances

[@Viosified]

It's amazing how drone technology was used effectively in monitoring volcanic activity & lava flow, even saving a human life.

[@phelan5387]

I was living in a sub division near the town of Pahoa on the big island of Hawaii in 1984. Then one rainy night, i saw a bright light as bright as the sun appear on a ridge about 4 miles away. Then a lava fountain rose and fell and illuminated the rain clouds. The colors were brilliant hues of red, yellow and white. I could hear the lava splatter on the ground and a river flowing towards the town of Kalapana. I had witnessed Kiluea's new east rift open up. It was the most spectacular occurrence that I have ever seen in all my years. The eruption went on for 9 hours.

[@sharonrodgers1136]

But why would you still live there I’d rather die of old age than live there I’ll never leave my country again as I believe that I live in the most beautiful country in the world we have no sharks, deadly snakes or any deadly creatures anywhere on our island it’s almost paradise but not quite

[@phelan5387]

@@sharonrodgers1136 There are no snakes in the Hawaiian Islands. The imported mongoose ate them up a long time ago. I lived there for 2 years.

[@matthew-jy5jp]

I love PBS, there is no programming on TV better than PBS.

[@lewisbale1]

Exactly, love PBS.

[@myleghurts3546]

How about the BBC, CBC? Wonderful docs? NFB has "Shipbreakers" 1981. A real eye opener.

[@wayneandrews9298]

i bet you are a YANK ...

[@myleghurts3546]

@@wayneandrews9298 I wish I could put money on that! I'd take all your $$. I'm not from that rectum of a country

[@wayneandrews9298]

@@myleghurts3546 it wasn't aimed at you , its for the dipsh!t at the top ...

[@punapirate]

Some of the comments here are truly ridiculous. As is the hyperbolic commentary. I was one of those living in Leilani at the time (and still today) we weren’t rushing/fleeing for our lives it was very orderly… we had days to evacuate…

[@Aussie-Mocha]

Did the report do the experience justice? 👀 I found it really interesting and eye opening. I live next to an extinct volcano in South Australia. I often wonder what would happen to us here if it did erupt again. Also , I was shocked to find out we actually had volcanic damage insurance 😅

[@Aussie-Mocha]

@@budgiebreder Allianz 🎄🎄🎄

[@lilysceejeanmoonlight]

I mean lava coming up through persons floors and thousands of acres of farmland changed as it was it must have been very scary for children, even new residents to Hawaii and old resides I'd say most absolutely

[@lilysceejeanmoonlight]

I can hear your argument on the situation to the event , but as you said you have seen them before you may not have had lava cut u off from civilization. I have an an an F. B friend whom just thought the island was going to have massive explosions, which at times through out this event was on the table . Hence people having to leave their homes belongings. I can't even begin to only just barely imagine what the kids were thinking.

[@lilysceejeanmoonlight]

I never heard any one or saw out there of control panicking. Considering, the possible scenarios of huge energy realese, can happen at volcanic systems that are usually quite predictable, i absolutely think you guys killed it. And got back to life living with the chaos in a paradise of Great Vulcan Gods many many of people have chosen to call their beloved homes

[@extremeanalogmusic6296]

when the road opens up and steam shoot out. that gave me goosebumps.

[@8675-__]

The last unpredictable volcanic activity, covered up 703 homes (all built in Lava zone 1) This area was well known for "cheap" land because it was in a danger zone, zone 1. You could buy an acre for 5k. But it's very risky. There were gas seepage coming from the ground prior to the volcanic explosion. For 20 years there was gas seepage!

[@eliseolopez2790]

How time rushes 5 years are about to pass n i remember it fresh .

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

Great video to watch when it's freezing outside. Merry Christmas :-) Peace

[@zed4225]

Great doco, best one I've seen to date on the 2018 eruption. Thank's to all involved in the production x

[@Aussie-Mocha]

Great presentation PBS. Hopefully for those that experienced this and lost homes and land , this report did the event justice. ❤️‍🔥🙏👍🏻

[@sharonlycorish3668]

The awesomeness of nature never ceases to astound and amaze. We humans are only part of a very large picture and we must remember that.

[@dzrtdwlr7891]

I always eagerly anticipate PBS videos. They are a visually stimulating, educational, professionally produced, records of Earth and more. Thank you. It is good the volcano emits mafic (slow moving, sticky) lava rather than felsic (explosive eruptions, contains more gasses) lava. Could you imagine if this was a Mt. Saint Helens? What carnage that would be. Best wishes to all people adversely affected. Be well all. Edit: LOL. If I waited until 27:43 I would have known they residents near this fissure were going to have to deal with felsic magma/lava. ☺️😉

[@septemberdad]

Haven't got that far yet, I watched it live when it happened. This is well done though, first time one could ever watch a live eruption, from,1/2 way round the world.

[@Werberte27]

Exactly the same way I think

[@nameinvalid69]

real visual of gigantic & deep hole of lava, what a spectacular sight.

[@tamarrajames3590]

It is no wonder that the indigenous people have worshipped these volcanoes from the very beginning. Mother Nature is magnificent and terrible in Her displays.🖤🇨🇦

[@SatishKumar-mz8du]

Johar🙏💐🇮🇳Immersed in Majesty: Journeying Through Mountains and Forests in Nature's Embrace💎🤝🙏💐😎🏁

[@jojosmumdorothy2829]

🎉mother nature is like beauty and the beast 🎉

[@craigslinkman1348]

And the lava did come again and filled the caldera with a lava lake that just recently stopped erupting. For awhile both Mona Loa and Kilauea were both erupting. And then they stoped. Until the next time.

[@SandraNelson063]

I live in Toronto, Canada. We worry about abundance of snow and cold in winter, and far too much rain or drought for the rest of the year. Volcanoes? Not so much. Guess we have it easy.

[@drSJV]

"All lava has a finger print" 😯

[@franklee3800]

This is a formal invitation for the USA to join the rest of the world in embracing the wonders of the METRIC system. We'll help you through it, it's not as scary as you think. (Australia did it in it in 1966, the onlside effect was that one generation used both systems and the following 2 generations used the new system but understood the old. (Some of us still measure the height of people in feet and inches.) 😅

[@justmeperthau]

Im Australia and I do quilting. Most of it is imperial and small amount is metric so being of the older generation and knowing both does come in handy as you mentioned :)

[@wandaminicka-wojturska1128]

Very interesting and beautiful. Greetings from Poland.

[@hrujess]

39:36 looks like a person silhouette spewing the lava from its mouth 😮

[@simonac688.]

Great docu + the narrator does a great job 👍👍

[@Werberte27]

Um dos melhores documentarios que já vi!

[@KennethGreenCMP]

Just so everyone knows, this is how the islands were made. The Islands only there because it sits on a hot spot in the middle of the ocean.

[@elizabethlockley5861]

Exactly !

[@craigstuparek9986]

A friend of mine was there on vacation 2018. Unbelievable he said. A little scary also.

[@deannasilva893]

875 acres of new land💚💚💚💚Mahalo Nui loa Tutu Pele🔥

[@kohyangchi4307]

EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY 🌋 💥 🔥 🌋

[@bradcalkins1428]

Mother Nature is in charge

[@maggieo6672]

That was fascinating, thank you for sharing. ❤️🍁🎶

[@echobase6372]

I went to Volcanoes National Park, went to the visitor's center, and looked into the caldera in 2018. Turns out that was the last weekend before that area was wiped from the planet. That was pretty wild.

[@wandacapstick5476]

The MV Holiday Island caught on fire.

[@kevinyaucheekin1319]

Yikes did not know magma could move underground from one spot to another over tens of miles.😮 Bummer to have a nice home burnt up by Magma.

[@elizabethlockley5861]

It all happens underground !!

[@dennisasonnichsen612]

volcanoes are an awesome force nature, Merry Christmas Mauna Loa and Kilauea.

[@lorrainejackson3903]

Fascinating and educational.

[@frederikawells2425]

Beautiful hell right there 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@DoctorBill]

The house I lived in was in Leilani Estates. There was a huge crack behind our catchment pool that during the eruption Fire went Shooting up in the air. The house is gone now and so are all the Orchids that grew wild around it.

[@dakotahstr]

On alert?? are they kidding me? They are experts in this, they knew that this was going to be big.

[@mskimyu]

what mother nature gives, she takes. then, she gives it back. much more bountiful. such brutally beautiful chaos.

[@apopope72]

Nice one.

[@Lostboy.]

this is more horrific than the marvel movies, lord save us.

[@corneliawissing7950]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@thisisme3238]

Awesome footage of Kilauea! Lived on Oahu for a while. Subscribed 👍🎄

[@kridadounsattapong1533]

If ydkill th. Youall die. แทน

[@nutzhazel]

Great documentary, totally enjoyed it 👍 The volcanologist really had a field day with this eruption and learning a lots more about Hawaiian volcanoes. I'm not surprised there's even tourist visiting the area and neglected the danger, they really love to stare at the eyes of death, just like during 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake where the tourist just stare at the incoming tsunamis despite knowing it's a tsunami. I think some people have fascination with dangers that they must need to quench by hook or by crook.

[@CurrieNerd]

Is there a version of this with the commentator reading his lines in a less sensationalist way?

[@rogerstone3068]

You can turn the sound down and have the subtitles on, but the over-dramatic script is pretty much as bad. When you have exploding mountains as you subject, why try to make it more dramatic?

[@Carlos-uw3nj]

Well done! Thanks a lot.

[@BetwixtDandD]

This is a masterpiece!

[@dionneallen5701]

sun , sand , surf , and sulphur .

[@maudwelford7919]

Awesome 🤩

[@elenamonteagudo9855]

Thank you PBS ♥️🌹

[@coryw31]

At 17:50 it reminded me of constipation. Basically, the earth was constipated and farted!🤣 I know it's a serious event that displaced many people, but I was taught to find humor in everything to keep from dwelling on the negative.

[@adhicahyo7548]

Thank you ......................

[@arnelanfone2952]

Good businesses again omg🎉

[@user-xt4ih1is5b]

It is terrible what happened to ppl lives and house but Mother Nature takes no prisoners and when u live on a Volcano u have to expect it to blow its top now and again

[@LlyM42]

Those who want to live on the slopes of - or directly on - volcanoes ("active" or presumably no longer active) consciously take the risk of losing their lives or property. At most, I have compassion for children, the elderly and animals who do not have this choice and are injured or lose their lives due to the stupidity of others who simply make this choice for them.

[@lilysceejeanmoonlight]

Well presented

[@AsifRaza-ms8vn]

beautiful

[@amyrock6228]

I know what earthquakes are like we are prone 2 them here in Newzealand and also got active volcanoes here as well. My country is 1 of the countries that is on the Ring of fire

[@akikokawachidancer4716]

噴火は収まりましたか？寒梅館は、寒い館だから、あとは、アイスをかなり食べましたし。努力中でした。

[@deancade9682]

Local authorities haven't learnt not to build on dangerous land and don't say the whole island is hazardous because it isn't. I would also be wearing a hazard suit close to lava gas.

[@ryans413]

It’s dangerous but also so beautiful

[@sabinefoersterling6218]

A german syncronisation was great, please is it possible

[@starwalkerone4496]

Love your volcano cause she like do what she like do

[@derrickhaimraj]

Is this an old video in 2018 or 2022? What is going on again in Hawaii?

[@FurryToraChan]

Feels like Pele is trying to reclaim lands to the indigenous people, like : ' warning, this land belongs to not you, but them.. '

[@premierhoner614]

Gateway to hell indeed. Very interesting video. Oh and the beautiful nature of Hawaii. Truly a paradise............

[@zygmuntkuzminski8312]

Hawaii should have free energy of that just to harness this

[@jamiestewart7327]

"This is INSANE" - quote from guy who lives next to a volcano. 🤦‍♂️

[@tatopo40]

I wonder what can happens when you build house on a active volcano???.... The eruption of the Kilauea volcano showed me, as a tourist who was there during this eruption, the big island problem. the problem is that a long time ago very rich people occupied the best part of the island, i.e. the north where there are green pastures, beautiful grass and no active volcanoes. the poor are left with the worst, covered with lava from previous eruptions, lands on the slopes of active volcanoes. I know people who lost their homes in this eruption, they all moved from the big island.

[@jamesmaralyn6745]

This is one of those " no sh#t category videos" 😂😂 Incredibly funny when people surprised at eruption and they live on a volcano 🌋 😮

[@dakotahstr]

the dropping of the lava would that not be the same as an incoming tsunami? all the water recedes and then comes back full force.

[@muhammadradhi7269]

هاواي جزيرة بركانيه ناشئه !

[@soly-dp-colo6388]

Mistake spotted: a'a flows aren't 1,000 degrees F hot but 1,000 degrees C (that's 1,800 degrees F)

[@akikokawachidancer4716]

フィリピンは、睡眠した時間と、一緒でしたね。以前は、日本も。睡眠している時間は、気が練れませんでしたし、申し訳ございません。

[@barbie6695]

Darn, why were people messing around that close to the the lava? Silly geese.

[@user-rv1du7ii2w]

wow

[@jojosmumdorothy2829]

Oh oh scary

[@garyharris4008]

Although Hawaii, liked comment to effect; volcanoes create life; as of St Helen's.

[@dillongstaff5625]

I can never understand these documentaries have to put music soundtrack...why! Totally distracting.I know we are not in the silent movie era anymore - but realyy?

[@peterpetrovcic7013]

46:25 and forward...What is the name of music ? Thank you

[@MineCraftPickAxeXL9]

Their use to it, you cant live on a volcano without expecting this to happen

[@cadenadeamor5182]

Earth is breathing

[@juanmigz8552]

this kilauea like litli hrutur cone shape

[@akikokawachidancer4716]

いつも私が睡眠した時間に、様々な場所が揺れてしまい申し訳ございませんでした。実妹や実母達は、睡眠時間をわざとずらして過ごしておられたんだと気付きました。

[@RicardoCostaCiabotti.]

A solução: com bombas ecológicas determinar o local da saída da lava vulcãnica simples assim e usar shamãs locais capazes de dominar os vulcões os puros de reto pensar, reto sentir e reto agir, compreendido irmãos Havaianos. Paz invulnerável !!!

[@dillongstaff5625]

Instead of fleeing...people film it!

[@tonycrillis1740]

How smart would one be building there home there

[@angelwhite376]

It's moving and yellow stone is going before yellows tone florid a goes under on a sink hole

[@chonesisx994]

🎉

[@chime369]

OMG 😳😔

[@lilysceejeanmoonlight]

What VEI did it get to?

[@BigFamilyVolcanoIndonesia]

VEI is not a benchmark for whether it is very brutal and cruel or not, because one of the volcanoes in Indonesia has erupted in 2 VEI but can kill more than 50 people. Meanwhile, Hunga Tonga with 6 VEI can only kill 3 people. So VEI is not a measure of whether a volcano is dangerous or not. Krakatoa in Indonesia 6 VEI 36.000 people died, so different.

[@patpatchannel4019]

Hawaiian Islands There is only excitement

[@honeybunch5765]

It's like a Stephen King novel.😮