An ash column rises Wednesday from the overlook at Halema'uma'u Crater at the summit of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the island of Hawaii
The US Geological Survey has warned of possible explosive eruptions on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano in the coming weeks.
A soldier inspects the "lava zone" in Leilani Estate, Hawaii, U.S., May 9, 2018.
The authorities added ash clouds would rise to greater heights, distributing particles over wider areas.
"Steam-driven explosions at volcanoes typically provide very little warning", the USGS warned. Halemaumau's lava lake is lowering to the level of the water table and this combined with the continual rockfalls into Overlook Vent could create a unsafe situation of pressurized steam below these rocks.
The movement of the molten rock has opened space for lava at the summit of the volcano to drain underground, reducing the height of a lava lake at the summit, said USGS research geophysicist Ingrid Johanson.
CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reported from Pahoa, Hawaii, that residents were warned to stay indoors Wednesday with their windows closed because sulfuric acid in the air can cause headaches, lung irritation and even induce asthma attacks.
Vog, or volcanic fog, is a "hazy mixture" of sulfur dioxide and other tiny particles and compounds, and it's not good to breathe.
Destructive as they may be, volcanic eruptions are natural geological processes that allow our planet to release a build-up of heat and pressure. On May 1, cracks appeared in the volcano, and on May 3, a plume of pink smoke accompanied by lava emerged through a gash shooting dozens of feet into the air.
"The residents. are going through a very hard time".
But as the eruption progresses, "other areas of the lower East Rift Zone may also be at risk", the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in its latest briefing.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige said crews at a geothermal energy plant near the lava outbreak were accelerating the removal of stored flammable gas as a precaution. The facility is located across the highway from where lava has been erupting in Leilani Estates.
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Magno said the 12,000 gallons would be moved Wednesday to an industrial park at a safe distance from the fissures, and that the county is "planning to remove the rest".
Authorities had previously ordered almost 2,000 residents to leave Lanipuna Gardens and the neighboring Leilani Estates, both located in the mostly rural district of Puna on Hawaii's Big Island.
"All of the Hawaiian Islands are unaffected by Kilauea volcano except a remote area on the Island of Hawaii's east side". He said none of Oregon's volcanoes is showing signs of waking up, and any potential eruption could be centuries away.
Hawaii County authorities sent a text message to residents in the southeast corner of the Big Island that a wind change would bring rising levels of sulphur dioxide gas, which is fatal if inhaled in large quantities.
The 13th and 14th vent erupted Tuesday in the Leilani Estates area, where roughly 1,700 residents were asked to evacuate last week.
One fissure opened up right in someone's front yard. The lava flows out through cracks in the ground, usually within the confines at the national park that surrounds Kilauea (kill-ah-WAY'-ah). There is no way to stop the flow of lava, scientists say.
Kelena Kealoha fled the California wildfires for his dream home in Hawaii.
Amber Makuakane's home is already gone.
"I need to figure that out", she said with tears in her eyes. We ask for your understanding. Instead of lava breaking through the outside wall of the Pu'u 'O'o cone, as it did twice before in recent years, the crater floor abruptly collapsed on April 30.
When Charles Oliver sees images of Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano, he can't help but think of his neighbors, friends, and family who live near it.
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