In 1959 the Kilauea summit erupted at the Kilauea Iki Crater. In 1960 Kilauea erupted again on its flank at Kapoho. Together they formed a summit-flank sequence that was once considered a model for how Kīlauea “should” behave—although it has misbehaved ever since! The Kapoho eruption caused havoc in lower Puna, which was considered an idyllic rural paradise until the lava fountains and flows covered farmland and villages there.
