Terrifying moment fast-moving rivers of lava from Kilauea volcano engulf family’s home as the National Guard begins airlifting stranded Hawaiians

Sunday, May 20, 2018
By Paul Martin

Fresh lava is spewing from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano and some traveled 1,000 feet in less than an hour
Aerial images taken on Saturday show homes being consumed by massive streams of molten lava
Another four homes were lost to the volcano, and the National Guard has begun to airlift people out to safety
Four people were airlifted on Friday and another was taken out of a dangerous area on Saturday
More evacuations may be necessary as new lava threatens a coastal road – a key exit route for about 2,000

By HANNAH MOORE
DAILYMAIL.COM
20 May 2018

Startling aerial images show the devastation being caused by the latest eruption of lava at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.

One picture, taken on Saturday, shows lava rushing towards a home in Pahoa after consuming another moments before.

Kilauea had begun to spew lava up to 200 feet in the air and fire out lava bombs the size of refrigerators on Friday, as scientists discovered fresh lava had begun to boil over and make its way out.

Fresh lava moves faster and spreads further than old lava. Previously the magma spurting from Kilauea had been stored in the volcano from a previous eruption in 1955.

Four more homes were consumed by the magma on Saturday morning after lava spread 1,000 feet in less than an hour, the Hawaii County Civil Defense Center said.

Other streams of lava were travelling at speeds of up to 900 feet an hour.

The volcano has been erupting for more than two weeks now, and has coated more than 325 hectares of Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens in lava.

More than 2,000 people have been evacuated from residential areas on Big Island and National Guard helicopters have been sent out to airlift at least four residents from Hawaii’s lower Puna area.

As of Friday, Hawaii County officials had distributed about 2,000 N95 gas masks to help protect locals from high levels of sulphur dioxide and ash in the air.

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