Hawaii volcano: 'lava tide' flows down street, destroying dozens more properties

Residents flee as Kilauea continues its most destructive eruption in decades A tide of molten rock turned a Hawaii street into a volcanic wasteland on Friday as the number of homes destroyed by the erupting Kilauea volcano soared and authorities told residents to flee a surge of lava. The destructive fury of the erupting Kilauea volcano was unleashed on the Big Island’s Leilani Estates housing development, with the number of homes and other structures destroyed leaping to 82 from a previous count of 50, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/26/hawaii-volcano-lava-tide-flows-down-street-destroying-dozens-more-properties #Headlines by: Reuters

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