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'No slowdown' for Hawaii eruption: Volcanologist

May 07, 2018 03:16·
Hawaiian Volcano Erupts As Molten Lava Flows Into Residential Neighborhoods

Hawaiian Volcano Erupts As Molten Lava Flows Into Residential Neighborhoods

Residents were anxious it would cover the town's main road and cut off the community from the rest of the island, but the molten rock stalled.

The Kilauea Volcano has been erupting almost continuously for more than three decades.

One woman angrily told police guarding Leilani Estates that she was going in and they couldn't arrest her.

Airport officials monitored the runways in Hilo for natural disaster damage, and jetliners coming from the mainland carried extra fuel, so they could divert to Honolulu if the volcano becomes more active. Then another, and another.

The number of lava-venting fissures in the neighborhood grew overnight from eight to as many as 10, Stovall said, though some have quieted at various points. More outbreaks are likely along the rift zone, officials said.

She says the plan remains to allow some evacuated residents to return to Leilani Estates to retrieve important items, though that is subject to change. On Saturday, Kim had said there might be a small window of time residents could return home to rescue pets or important items left behind, but said it remained too unsafe yesterday, Hawaii News Now reported. "This is unfortunately not the end".

When there's a significant quake at sea or on an island, a tsunami is possible. A 5.6 magnitude quake hit south of the volcano, which was followed by a larger 6.9-magnitude temblor, according to the USGS.

The eruption drove hundreds of people from their homes Thursday.

Mr. Purvis drove a van into the threatened subdivisions to help residents flee.

"Everybody is kind of on edge", Burlingame said of both the potential for additional earthquakes and the unpredictability of the lava flows. From their headquarters overlooking Kilauea's summit caldera, they monitor a vast web of instruments spread over the volcano's surface: tiltmeters, seismometers, GPS tracking systems, instruments measuring gas emissions, all created to detect even the tiniest change in the volcano's behavior.

Park officials said they cancelled hikes and evacuated about 2600 visitors, along with all nonemergency employees.

"Safety is our main priority at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and it is not safe to be here", park superintendent Cindy Orlando said.

"It's a situation worth monitoring very closely".

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The county civil defence agency reported that the threat of a tsunami was low after the earthquakes, though officials warned that residents were not in the clear yet.

The activity will continue, Civil Defense Administrator Talmadge Magno said Friday. "All you can do is pray and hope and try to get all the information you can".

"To describe it in a single word: chaos", Sonner said, of the evacuation. And lava isn't the only threat to the public during an eruption. When basalt hits the surface as a liquid, superheated gaseous sulfur bubbles out, quickly combining with hydrogen and oxygen from water to form two noxious gases, hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide.

At the same time, erupting lava has already reached the city and began to destroy buildings and local infrastructure.

Steam emits from cracks in a road in Leilani Estates.

Ash plumes in regards to the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's huge islandAFP or licensorsWhat brought about Kilauea to erupt? He said he told his mother on Friday to pack a bag, just in case.

When asked whether she was afraid she would lose her home, Sonner paused, before describing the uniqueness of the community there. "I'm nothing without the land".

Or, as traditional Hawaiian belief would have it, it all depends on Pele, the volcano goddess. "There is no telling when or if we'll ever be able to go back in". "I have good insurance".

Senior citizens, the young and people with respiratory issues are especially vulnerable to the gas, the state's Emergency Management Agency said.

Kilauea is the youngest and most active volcano on Hawaii Island, according to USGS. It is made of basalt, a fluid lava that makes for effusive - rather than explosive - eruptions.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spokeswoman Janet Babb said the earthquakes reflected the volcano adjusting to the shifting magma. That magma is less dense than the surrounding rock, so it continues to rise until it "ponds" in a reservoir roughly 4.8km wide and 1.5 to 6.5km beneath the summit. She later confirmed that lava had covered her entire property.

He said five volcanic vents have opened and indicated that at least one house and another structure were destroyed by lava.

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