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U.S. NEWS Saturday 5 May 2018

Continued from Front said. Kilauea has been continu-
Officials said highways, "The magma moving down ously erupting since 1983
buildings and utility lines the rift zones, it causes and is one of five volca-
were not damaged, but stress on the south flank noes that make up the Big
residents said they felt of the volcano," she said. Island. Activity picked up
strong shaking and more "We're just getting a series earlier this week, indicating
stress as they dealt with the of earthquakes." a possible new lava out-
dual environmental phe- State Sen. Russell Ruder- break.
nomena. man said he's experienced The crater floor began to
Communities in the mostly many earthquakes, but collapse Monday, trigger-
rural Puna district, which sits the magnitude-5.4 tem- ing earthquakes and push-
on Kilauea's eastern flank, blor that hit first "scared the ing the lava into new un-
know it is one of the world's heck out of me." Merchan- derground chambers. The
most active volcanoes and dise fell off the shelves in a collapse caused magma
have seen its destruction natural food store he owns. to push more than 10 miles In this image released by the U.S. Geological Survey, steam rises
before. When the larger quake (16 kilometers) downslope from cracks in the road shortly before a fissure opened up on
Julie Woolsey evacuated followed, he said he felt toward the populated Kaupili Street in the Leilani Estates subdivision, Friday, May 4,
2018, in Pahoa, Hawaii.
her home late Thursday strong shaking in Hilo, the southeast coastline.q Associated Press
as a volcanic vent, or an island's largest city that is
opening in the Earth's sur- roughly 45 minutes from the
face where lava emerges, rural Puna area.
sprouted up on her street "We're all rattled right now,"
in the Leilani Estates neigh- he said. "It's one thing after
borhood. another. It's feeling kind of
Lava was about 1,000 yards stressful out here."
from her home, which State officials didn't report
Woolsey built on a lot pur- damage to roadways. Ha-
chased for $35,000 11 years waii County Acting Mayor
ago after living on Maui be- Wil Okabe said the larger
came too expensive. quake cracked a beam
"We knew we were building in a county gymnasium in
on an active volcano," she Hilo, forcing workers to be
said, but added that she sent home.
thought the danger from Authorities already had
lava was a remote possibil- closed a long stretch of
ity. Highway 130, one of the
She said she thought it was main arteries through Puna,
remote even days ago because of the threat of
when she began packing sulfuric gas.
and preparing to evacu- Some residents still wanted
ate. to get home.
"You can't really predict Brad Stanfill said the lava
what Pele is going to do," was more than 3 miles (5
Woolsey said, referring to kilometers) from his house
the Hawaiian volcano god- but he was not allowed
dess. "It's hard to keep up. in because of a manda-
We're hoping our house tory evacuation order. He
doesn't burn down." was frustrated because he
She let her chickens loose, wanted to feed his rabbits
loaded her dogs into her and dogs and check on his
truck and evacuated with property.
her daughter and grand- One woman angrily told
son. She's staying at a cabin police guarding Leilani Es-
with her daughter's in-laws. tates that she was going
Two new volcanic vents, in and they couldn't arrest
from which lava is spurting, her. She stormed past po-
developed Friday, bringing lice unopposed.
the number formed to five. Leilani Estates has about
Scientists were processing 1,700 residents and 770
data from the earthquakes homes. A nearby neighbor-
to see if they were affect- hood, Lanipuna Gardens,
ing the eruption, Hawai- which has a few dozen
ian Volcano Observatory people, also has been
spokeswoman Janet Babb evacuated.