Maalaea Bay, Pailolo Channel,
Alenuihaha Channel, Big Island
Leeward Waters, Big Island
KRISTINE:
WHAT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS KAPOHO
BAY...SUDDENLY GONE IN A MATTER
OF HOURS.
LAVA FILLED IT IN .. AND ALSO
DESTROYED HUNDREDS OF HOMES.
JAI:
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING
DISASTERS TO HIT THE STATE IN A
SINGLE NIGHT.
HOWARD DASHEFSKY IS ON HAWAII
ISLAND... AND JOINS US WITH
MORE... HOWARD...
HOWARD:
like so many others that called
kapoho and
vacationland home, anjela
robertson
struggles to grasp what happened
overnight.
this is what that area looks
now. the entire
bay filled with lava ...
creating a new
landscape that extends more than
3 quarters of
a mile out to sea.
and this is what that same area
looked like
just 48 hours earlier.
while most of us were
sleeping... the steady
river of lava kept churning ...
and
consuming everything in its
path.
a flow so large and powerful, it
lead one
geologist to say the lava from
fissure 8 did more
damage in one night ... than
kilauea's pu'u o'o
vent did over the last 35 years.
and more than just homes ... the
a coming together of land and
water to create
one of nature's most beautiful
... and
welcoming playgrounds.
unlike leilani estates, were
told most of the
homes in kapoho estates and
homes ... but of
course thats little consolation
to anyone
who lost a home
back to you
KRISTINE: