A tide of molten rock turned a Hawaii street into a volcanic wasteland on Friday as the number of homes destroyed by the erupting Kilauea volcano soared and authorities told residents to flee a surge of lava. Firefighters went door to door evacuating residents before the lava arrived. “It’s this tide of lava that rises up and overflows itself on the edges and keeps rising and progressing forward,” US Geological Survey geologist Wendy Stovall said. About 37 structures are already “lava locked”, meaning homes are inaccessible, and people who do not evacuate may be trapped. “Any residents remaining in the current affected areas should evacuate now,” Hawaii County Civil Defense said in an alert.

Source: The Guardian May 26, 2018 04:24 UTC