‘A Very Fast-Moving Situation’: Lava Shoots Through Hawaii Neighbourhood As New Fissures Form
Less than a week ago, Leilani Estates was the picture of serenity on Hawaii’s Big Island, a subdivision in the Big Island’s eastern Puna district filled with wooden homes nestled into tropical plant-filled lots. The eruption of the island’s most active volcano changed everything. Shortly after Kilauea erupted Thursday, the ground split open on the east side of Leilani Estates, exposing an angry red beneath the lush landscape. From the gash, molten rock burbled and splashed, then shot as high as 80 to 100 feet in the air. The Hawaii…
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