PAHOA, Hawaii, May 13 (Reuters) - Two new fissures opened on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, hurling bursts of rock and magma with an ear-piercing screech on Sunday, threatening nearby homes and prompting authorities to order new evacuations. Some 37 buildings have been destroyed and nearly 2,000 people ordered to evacuate in the past 10 days. Terray Sylvester / Reuters Lava erupts from a fissure east of the Leilani Estates subdivision during the ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Meanwhile, other fissures continued to billow smoke over homes on the eastern point of the Big Island of Hawaii, the largest of the Hawaiian islands. Mario Tama via Getty Images Some 37 buildings have been destroyed and nearly 2,000 people ordered to evacuate in the past 10 days.

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