After Days of Earthquakes, Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupts, Forcing Evacuations

News Staff : May 4, 2018
Newsmax.com

"It sounded like if you were to put a bunch of rocks into a dryer and turn it on as high as you could. You could just smell sulfur and burning trees and underbrush and stuff." -Resident Jeremiah Osuna

[Newsmax.com] Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday, sending lava shooting into the air in a residential neighborhood and prompting mandatory evacuation orders for nearby homes. (Photo: U.S. Geological Survey via AP/Newsmax)

Hawaii County said steam and lava poured out of a crack in Leilani Estates, which is near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island.

Footage shown on local television showed lava spurting into the sky from a crack in a road...

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