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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Lava has destroyed another home in Kalapana Gardens. Flows from Kilauea Volcano reached the quonset-style structure about 11 p.m. Monday and all that was left by 8 a.m. was the metal skeleton. It was the third home in Kalapana Gardens area to be destroyed in six months; lava rolled […]

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(Activity updates are written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.) A breakout on the coastal plain that began Wednesday, Nov. 24, reached Kalapana Gardens subdivision and destroyed one residence on Saturday, Nov. 27. Just two days later, a vigorous breakout above the pali diverted lava out of the tube system that […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor A Kalapana Gardens home was set ablaze by lava Saturday afternoon and engulfed the structure in about an hour, officials reported. No injuries were reported. Lava from Kilauea destroyed another home in the subdivision in July. The homes were built on a 1990 lava flow. The lava flow had […]

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