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The lava rock formation protruding from the rocky cliffs of Volcanoes National Park crumbled some time last weekend.
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Former natural arch in Hawaiʻi
The Hōlei Sea Arch was a 90-foot-high (27 m) natural arch of basalt on the southern coast of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Carved by the Pacific Ocean from an ancient lava flow roughly 550 years ago, it stood at the end of the Chain of Craters Road and was one of the park's best-known coastal landmarks. The National Park Service (NPS) closed the original overlook in 2020 because of cliff instability, and in 2022 a large surf event broke away part of the arch's base. The arch collapsed into the ocean in late September 2026, around the time of Hurricane Nolo.
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National park in Rwanda
Volcanoes National Park is a national park in northwestern Rwanda. It covers 160 km2 (62 sq mi) of rainforest and encompasses five of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains, namely Karisimbi, Bisoke, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabyinyo. It borders Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda. It is home to the mountain gorilla and the golden monkey, and was the base for the primatologist Dian Fossey.
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