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		</div><p>Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby.</p>
<p>The eruption began late on Sunday night in the summit caldera of the volcano on the Big Island, the US Geological Survey said.</p>
<p>Early on Monday, it said lava flows were contained within the summit area and were not threatening nearby communities.</p>
<p>Officials at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said: “Lava flows in the summit region are visible from Kona. There is currently no indication of any migration of the eruption into a rift zone.”</p>
<p>A rift zone is where the mountain is splitting apart, with the rock cracked and relatively weak, making it is easier for magma to emerge.</p>
<p>The agency warned residents at risk from Mauna Loa lava flows should review their eruption preparations.</p>
<p>Scientists had been on alert because of a recent spike in earthquakes at the summit of the volcano, which last erupted in 1984.</p>
<p>Mauna Loa, rising 13,679 feet (4,169 metres) above sea level, is the much larger neighbour to Kilauea volcano, which erupted in a residential neighbourhood and destroyed 700 homes in 2018.</p>
<p>Some of its slopes are much steeper than Kilauea’s so when it erupts, its lava can flow much faster.</p>
<p>During a 1950 eruption, the mountain’s lava travelled 15 miles (24 kilometres) to the ocean in less than three hours.</p>
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