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In this photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava
from Kilauea volcano’s last remaining active fissure erupts in the
Leilani Estates neighborhood on Saturday, July 14, 2018 near Pahoa,
Hawaii. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
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Associated Press
PAHOA, Hawaii
A tour boat accident has drawn renewed attention to Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, but for Big Island residents the erupting lava has been an ever-present force for more than two months.
Molten rock is blasting from one last eruption site, a large cinder cone in a hard-hit neighborhood where new volcanic cracks first opened on May 3. It’s sending huge volumes of lava snaking to the ocean miles away.
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In this photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava
from Kilauea volcano flows from the Leilani Estates neighborhood on
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 near Pahoa, Hawaii. (U.S. Geological Survey via
AP)
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The lava has covered more than 11 square miles (28 square kilometers) of land, vaporized the state’s largest freshwater lake and filled an entire ocean bay, turning it into a mile (1.6 kilometers) of burnt, rocky ground. Steam and gas could be seen pouring from a new, very small island that formed near the flows on Friday.
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In this photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava
from Kilauea volcano enters the ocean south of the eruption site near
Kapoho, Hawaii, Thursday, July 18, 2018 on Hawaii’s Big Island. (U.S.
Geological Survey via AP)
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In this photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, the
Puo Oo eruption site on Kilauea volcano is shown in this Friday, July
13, 2018 aerial image in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. On April 30,
the Puu Oo crater floor collapsed and magma moved underground along the
volcano’s slopes, leading to a series of eruptions in the Leilani
Estates subdivision near Pahoa, Hawaii. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
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