The eruption has closed Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Highway 11 in Puna at the 25.5 Mile Marker at the intersection of Nahelenani Street and in Kau at the 40 Mile Marker. Drivers are asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes.

Glowing lava from a volcano that has been erupting since February on the French island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean is moving towards the sea, a satellite image showed. The adjusted image

Update April 9 at 8 p.m.: Episode 44 has ended after nine hours of continuous lava fountaining, prompting officials to lower alert levels due to reduced volcanic hazards. The U.S. Geological Survey said Episode 44 of the ongoing eruption ended at 7:41 p.m. on Thursday, April 9.

Dubbed the Kikai caldera, this mostly-underwater caldera located south of Japan’s Ryuku Islands last erupted 7,300 years ago, marking the largest volcanic eruption in the current geological epoch, the Holocene.