Kilauea volcano in Hawaii ERUPTS spewing lava hundreds of feet into the sky

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting, spewing hot lava hundreds of feet into the sky. 

The eruption began Tuesday at the volcano's summit crater inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island, about 200 miles southeast of Honolulu. 

Just after 10am local time Tuesday morning, the volcano released molten rock that flowed onto the floor of the summit crater. A half-hour later, a vent spewed an enormous column of lava 330 feet into the sky. 

Early this morning, officials said Kilauea is still violently erupting, producing fountains of lava between 16 and 200 feet high. 

So far, no residential areas have been threatened by lava flows. 

'Current hazards include volcanic gas emissions and windblown volcanic glass (Pele's Hair) that may impact Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and nearby communities,' the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement. 

This is Kilauea's ninth eruption since December 23, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.Previous eruptions have lasted between 13 hours and eight days, with brief pauses in between.  

This is a developing story, more updates to come.