Myth 7: "Kīlauea volcano will impact your vacation"
Kīlauea is a volcano on the Island of Hawai‘i. A particularly large eruption in 2018 destroyed homes and forced evacuations on the southeast coast, but after months of inactivity, the U.S. Geological Survey declared that eruption over at the end of 2018.
The volcano experienced brief eruptions in 2021 and 2023, but no inhabited areas were threatened. The USGS closely monitors Kīlauea and provides regular updates on its status. It could erupt destructively again, but it's unlikely that would affect most tourist areas on the Big Island, which are dozens of miles away. (Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is an important exception.)
It also wouldn't affect destinations on other Hawaiian islands; Honolulu, for example, is more than 200 miles away on O‘ahu across a vast stretch of ocean.