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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa starts to erupt, sending ash nearby

An eruption began in the summit caldera of Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, on Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Service's (USGS) volcanic activity service said.

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The agency warned residents at risk from Mauna Loa lava flows should review their eruption preparations because of a recent spike in earthquakes at the summit of the volcano, which last erupted in 1984.