The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday that several new lava fissures had opened in the Leilani Estates subdivision of Puna District, about a dozen miles (19 km) from the volcano. Lava flows from the volcano have covered 48 square miles (125 square km), according to the USGS. Kilauea began spewing lava into residential areas on Thursday after a series of earthquakes over the preceding week. No injuries or deaths were reported, but Hawaii Governor David Ige activated the Hawaii National Guard to provide emergency help. Gabbard, a Democrat, in a letter sent Friday, asked Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator William Long to respond to “short- and long-term housing, infrastructure, agriculture, and public health effects to Hawaii Island.”

Source: bd News24 May 06, 2018 01:41 UTC