The 26 decimated homes were located in the Leilani Estates subdivision, where molten rock, toxic gas and steam have been bursting through openings in the ground created by the volcano, officials said. A professor of geology at Tulane University told Fox News on Monday the Hawaii volcano eruption is “very, very minor” in terms of volcanic eruptions. “Hawaiian eruptions, in general, are not very explosive,” Stephen A. Nelson said, adding Mount St. Helens was thousands of times more explosive than what’s happening now on the Big Island. “They do destroy property and that’s a shame.”The latest volcanic eruption might not have been prepared for in the near-term, but Nelson said it was expected within 200 or 300 years. The neighborhood is known for having more affordable real-estate prices on the Big Island that draw in many newcomers who can't afford to live elsewhere, according to Reuters.

Source: Fox News May 07, 2018 08:08 UTC