Another update (Excerpt):
The Independent•May 29, 2018
An eruption from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spewed ash almost two and a half miles, or 13,000ft, into the sky, while a new fissure pumped out three feet of lava a second.
The blast from the summit’s Halemaumau crater sent smog billowing into the air while the lava made its way into evacuated areas in the eastern corner of Hawaii’s Big Island.
Easterly winds are expected to push volcanic gases, vog and ash westward towards more communities, officials said.
In Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens lava flow has spread over 3.7 square miles from around two dozen fissures. Because the lava was spread out over a wide area, however, the frontier of the flow was only moving at about three feet per second. ...
