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Lava continued to flow from Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano on Tuesday, though authorities stress that the erupting volcano isn't threatening local communities.

The big picture: Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupted for the first time since 1984 late Sunday night.

The world's largest active volcano has started to erupt for the first time since 1984, local authorities said Monday.

Driving the news: Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano — located on the Big Island — began erupting late Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, which killed hundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada, was a harbinger of a new generation of climate disasters to come, a new study finds.

Why it matters: In the most comprehensive analysis to date of what made the heat wave so extreme, scientists ruled out the possibility this was a "black swan" event, which is unpredictable and unlikely to recur.