In ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or the Hawaiian language, we might call them puahiohio, or whirlwinds. In meteorological terms, these small twisters are technically dust devils, or more precisely, ash devils, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - What is that? Video captured by Scott Hansen Wednesday and sent into our Hawaii News Now newsroom shows what appears to be a dust devil in the distance behind Kilauea.

Jaw-dropping footage captured a rare scene at Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano on the morning of July 9: a dust devil spinning beside a massive fan-shaped lava fountain. The dramatic eruption drew awe from ...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK (HawaiiNewsNow) - Episode 37 of Kilauea’s eruption featured lava fountains shooting 400 feet in the air and a dramatic ‘volnado’ dust devil. The lava fountains began ...

Volcano Kilauea’s puahiohio are swirling columns of ash and volcanic debris, often mistaken for tornadoes but formed by intense lava heat.

On Earth, lightning can occur in turbulent clouds of volcanic ash. Now researchers have found evidence of sparks in Martian dust devils. (NASA/JPL/Caltech/University ...

Despite the popularity of “Wicked” lately, we’re not talking about that particular twister. We’re talking about the tornado- or whirlwind-like phenomenon that has shown up frequently over the past ...