The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano jumped to 21 Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet (61 metres) into the air. “This is heartbreaking.”Amber Makuakane, 37, a teacher and single mother of two, said her three-bedroom house in Leilani Estates was destroyed by lava. “You have to ask Pele,” Steve Clapper said when asked whether he had any idea when he’d return to his Leilani Estates home. “Pele’s the boss, you know.”Cherie McArthur wondered what would become of her macadamia nut farm in Lanipuna Gardens, another evacuated neighbourhood near Leilani Estates. Lava burns across a road in the Leilani Estates subdivision, near Pahoa, Hawaii.

Source: Hindustan Times May 07, 2018 03:00 UTC