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The trail leading to an 80-foot waterfall closed to the public after a rockfall in the spring of 1999 killed eight people and injured many others, according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
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Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025
Hidden lava tubes and rockfalls around the Halemaʻumaʻu crater are common, which remains closed to the public due to safety concerns.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The scientists found a daily correlation between rockfall frequency and air temperature; on average, only two hours separates temperature rise and subsequent rockfall.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Pressure builds and fractures the rock, prompting rockfalls and avalanches.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025
Hidden lava tubes and rockfalls around the Halemaʻumaʻu crater are common, which remains closed to the public due to safety concerns.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The scientists found a daily correlation between rockfall frequency and air temperature; on average, only two hours separates temperature rise and subsequent rockfall.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Pressure builds and fractures the rock, prompting rockfalls and avalanches.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Rockfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rockfall. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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