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• A new report from the Hawaii Volcano Observatory says the eruptions at the Kilauea Volcano could continue for months or years.
• Lava flows have been reported at the lower East Rift Zone since May 3.
• Since the eruptions began, more than 700 homes have been destroyed on the Big Island.

While Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano has been erupting almost continuously since 1983, a recent spate of eruptions that have destroyed hundreds of homes could continue indefinitely, according to a new report.

Issued by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaii Volcano Observatory, the report says the eruptions in Kilauea’s lower East Rift Zone could become the longest ever recorded at the volcano, as the lava flows show no sign of slowing down. That could mean more homes in danger, and with more than 700 dwellings destroyed since the lava flows began May 3, it’s already a full-blown disaster.

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• An official said hundreds more homes were destroyed by Kilauea overnight on the Big Island.
• Lava flows have covered at least 8 square miles in the Puna district.
• More than a dozen residents who ignored evacuation orders have been arrested in the past week.

As lava from the Kilauea Volcano continues to reportedly destroy hundreds of homes in the Lower Puna area of Hawaii, the Big Island’s mayor received news on Tuesday that his own home was not spared.

Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim said a home he has owned in Vacationland since 1971 was among those destroyed by the lava, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.

“Harry had a premonition this was going to happen,” Hawaii County Civil Defense spokeswoman Janet Snyder told the Star-Advertiser. “Vacationland is almost totally destroyed.”

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Snyder also said 117 homes have been lost since lava began flowing from fissures a month ago, but she expects that number to rise by the hundreds when additional mapping of impacted areas is performed. Thousands have been forced to evacuate, and for some, it has been weeks since they were forced out.

The lava has now covered an 8-square-mile swath of land, scientists told the Associated Press. An aerial survey of the scene Tuesday morning also confirmed Kapoho Bay had been completely filled with lava overnight.

Despite orders to leave their homes and threats that those who ignore the mandatory evacuations could face arrest, rescue crews airlifted three people out of an area where they’d become trapped by lava Sunday morning, Reuters reported. The lava continues to cut off roadways in the lower Puna area, threatening to strand anyone who stayed behind.

Authorities told the AP that 18 arrests have been made in the past week due to residents loitering in a disaster area. Those who had to be rescued were also cited for failing to leave a disaster area, the report added.

“I can no longer afford to put residents at risk,” Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim said during a press conference. “I can no longer afford to put DOCARE, police, fire, National Guard to go banging in the dark of a neighborhood they don’t know to say, ‘You must get out now.'”

Those who were forced to evacuate joined hundreds of evacuees at nearby shelters, some of whom have been away from their homes for weeks. Some have been allowed to return to their homes to gather belongings as conditions allow, but they’re aware that every trip home could be the last time they see their houses.

“We evacuated the first day. We didn’t think we’re ever coming back after that,” Leilani Estates resident Lori Wada told the Honolulu Civil Beat.

Some of those who sought shelter at the Pahoa Community Center have slept in tents every day for weeks, the report added.

“I don’t want to talk about it,” one man told the Civil Beat. “It’s too painful.”

(PHOTOS: Kilauea’s Month-Long Eruption)

Over the weekend, a 400-year-old lake vanished within hours after lava entered it and boiled away all of its water.

Lava from nearby fissure 8 entered Green Lake Saturday, creating a massive plume of steam as it caused the body of water to fizzle away, the USGS reported. It seeped into the lake between roughly 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and had completely evaporated all of its water by 3 p.m.

Locally known as “Ka Wai a Pele,” the centuries-old freshwater lake has been described as one of the Big Island’s most scenic and natural spots. It’s the larger of the island’s two freshwater lakes.

(MORE: Kalapana, Hawaii Burning: The History of Kilauea’s Catastrophic Lava Flow)

Kilauea’s volcanic haze is having far-reaching impacts. It has reached the American territory of Guam, located some 4,000 miles from the Big Island. Island officials warned residents and visitors to take precautions, as some could experience respiratory problems.

One person has been hurt by the lava since the eruptions began. Civil Defense Administrator Talmadge Magno told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that a man sustained a “serious” injury on his leg two weeks ago when he was “lava-bombed” by splatter that hit him while he was sitting on the porch of a home near the Lanipuna Garden subdivision.

The incident reportedly shattered the victim’s leg from his shin to his foot and he was taken to a hospital to be treated, ABC News reported.

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(CNN)A small explosion from the Halemaumau crater in Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano at about midnight local time created an ash cloud that reached up to 10,000 feet, according to an alert from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

“With fresher, hotter magma, there’s the potential that the lava flows can move with greater ease and therefore cover more area,” US Geological Survey geologist Janet Babb told CNN affiliate Hawaii News Now.

Resident Ikaika Marzo said the lava flow has left him and his neighbors rattled. It sounds like 10 or 20 jets taking off from your backyard at the same time, he told the affiliate.

“It’s been like hell,” he said. “It’s like huge grenades going off. It shakes the whole community.”

Volcanic gas emissions at the summit remain high and additional explosions are possible at any time, the observatory said.

The US Geological Survey also reported Saturday that a 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurred on Big Island on Saturday evening. The USGS said the epicenter was near Kilauea.

‘It’s hard to believe’

Steve Gebbie lives in Leilani Estates, one of the hardest-hit areas. He said watching the lava destroy homes in his subdivision has been surreal.

When the Kilauea volcano erupted May 3, he joined hundreds of others forced from their homes in the subdivision. His home is still standing, but it’s surrounded by toxic gas.

“It’s hard to believe that it’s happened in our neighborhood,” said Gebbie, who’s lived in the subdivision for 12 years. “And every day has gotten worse.”

The lush green jungle has turned into rotten, yellow vegetation. Sections of streets that disappeared under the lava two weeks ago now look like a river of black molten rock.

More cracks on the ground

Fissures, or cracks in the ground, are opening up, and a 23rd opened Saturday, the Hawaii Volcano Observatory said at a news conference. This newest fissure near the Kilauea Volcano is in the East Rift Zone.

The 22nd fissure was reported Friday, the observatory said. In a Saturday morning status report, the observatory said the rate of lava has increased between Friday and Saturday.

The remains of one home burn on the left as the fast-moving lava approaches another on the right in Pahoa, Hawaii, on Saturday.

Fissure 17 is fountaining, the observatory said, and fissures 16 through 20 have merged, forming “a continuous line of spatter and fountaining.” Some of the lava from fissure 20 was moving at a rate of about half a mile per hour toward the ocean Friday, observatory geologist Carolyn Parcheta said. Saturday afternoon, the observatory said the lava could cross Highway 137 in the next four to seven hours.

The lava flow from these fissures is very active and is advancing at rates up to 300 yards per hour, the observatory said. The flow from fissure 18 is moving more slowly, with fissure 17 moving even slower.

Lava has destroyed 40 structures so far, according to the Hawaii County Civil Defense.

On Thursday, an eruption from the volcano’s summit shot ash and smoke 30,000 feet into the air. Authorities handed out almost 18,000 masks after Thursday’s explosive eruption from the Kilauea summit.

The sulfur dioxide was thick afterward near the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, enveloping the area in a dense fog that smelled of rotten eggs. In Pahoa, the earth sounded like it was cracking wide open as lava spattered and exploded from fissures.

US Geological Survey scientists said they expect the eruptions to continue.

“At any time, activity may again become more explosive, increasing the intensity of ash production and producing ballistic projectiles near the vent,” the agency said.

CNN’s Artemis Moshtaghian, Amir Vera and Hollie Silverman contributed to this report.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/19/us/hawaii-kilauea-volcano-lava-flow/index.html

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Officials had said an 18th fissure opened up, but because no lava was seen spewing from it, they are documenting 17 total fissures so far on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Hawaii County Civil Defense officials urged residents of Halekamahina Loop Road to evacuate as well as two nearby community centers that were serving as shelters for people and pets. It was there that officials found the new fissure along the road.

Popping, exploding and sloshing sounds could be heard from the fissure as far as 1,500 yards away.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the 17th fissure, which opened Saturday night, was spattering but no lava flow had yet formed. The 16th fissure opened and spilled lava into an open field earlier in the day.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported the fissures opened just east of the Puna Geothermal Venture energy conversion plant, where steam and hot liquid are brought up through underground wells and the steam feeds a turbine generator to produce electricity. Plant workers last week as a precaution removed 50,000 gallons of a flammable gas (pentane) stored at the site.

Geologists warn that Kilauea’s summit could have an explosive steam eruption that would hurl rocks and ash miles into the sky.

The fissures have allowed molten rock to burst through the ground, destroying more than two dozen homes and structures and resulting in evacuation orders for almost 2,000 people.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-kilauea-volcano-new-fissures-open-today-awaits-explosive-eruption-2018-05-13/

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