As Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spurred more evacuations, Jen Brown of Kona took a photo of the lava. (Terray Sylvester/Reuters)Three people were airlifted to safety Sunday morning as lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano threatened an isolated area where they had become trapped, the National Guard said. The two men and a woman became the latest in a series of evacuations on Hawaii’s Big Island forced by the volcano, which has been erupting since May 3. Lava also destroyed a freshwater lake, boiling away all of the water in it, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported late Saturday. An estimated 500 people live in the Kapoho area, but Snyder said it was not immediately clear how many residents, if any, had chosen to stay behind.

Source: Washington Post June 03, 2018 23:49 UTC