It's all hands on deck for tephra cleanup! Hawaiʻi Island residents affected by tephra from Kīlauea's episode 43 eruption can receive help and resources with the cleanup, the County of Hawaiʻi

The number 43 is for Episode 43 of the ongoing Kīlauea volcano episodic summit eruption that ejected that tephra during just more than 9 hours of sustained high lava fountaining that began shortly after 9 a.m. and ended just before 6:30 p.m.

Update: Episode 43 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended at 6:21 p.m. on March 10, 2026, and the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption is currently paused. Tephra fall has been reported outside of the closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park along the north rim of Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera) and into adjacent communities.

Back in January, SFGATE was on the ground in the national park during a previous eruption episode that also rained tephra over the park and surrounding region. During that event, falling tephra hit visitors, drawing blood, and it was the first time the Park Service closed the volcano summit since this eruption cycle began on Dec. 24, 2024.

Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense and partners The Red Cross and Community Response Team will be available beginning today (March 11) in Volcano to provide residents with information about tephra cleanup following Episode 43 of the ongoing episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano.

National Park visitors at Kilauea's summit were evacuated due to the hazardous ground conditions.

Video above: Footage of fissure erupting at Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano on June 3, 2024. VOLCANO, Hawaii (KHON) – Lava fountains rose 1,000 feet in the air, sending ash and volcanic fragments flying at Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano on Tuesday. The activity ...