Hawaii lava flow ramps up as new magma mixes with old

Hawaii lava flow ramps up as new magma mixes with old

6 years ago
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https://apnews.com/014ee6e697dd460c841999d256f1592d

PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Lava oozing out of cracks for two weeks in rural Hawaii neighborhoods took on new characteristics as fresher magma mixed with decades-old magma, sending a flow toward the ocean Saturday.

Since a first fissure opened in a community on May 3, lava was mostly spattering up and collecting at the edges of the cracks in the ground. Two neighborhoods with nearly 2,000 people were forced to evacuate as lava claimed 40 structures.