PAHOA, Hawaii — Police went door-to-door in Hawaii to roust residents near two new vents emitting dangerous gases in areas where lava has been pouring into streets and backyards for the past week. But on Tuesday, the emergence of the two new vents prompted Hawaii County to issue a cellphone alert ordering stragglers in Lanipuna Gardens to get out immediately. Edwin Montoya, 76, had planned to stay to care for animals and keep looters away from his family’s property in neighbouring Leilani Estates. There were about 1,700 residents in Leilani Estates and a few hundred in Lanipuna Gardens before last week. There are 14 lava-and-gas producing fissures in Leilani Estates, after the two new ones formed Tuesday.

Source: National Post May 09, 2018 06:16 UTC