MORE ERUPTIONS AND MORE
EVACUATIONS. AFTER A BRIEF
BREAK...VOLCANIC
ACTIVITY RESUMED THIS AFTERNOON
MORE FISSURES OPENED ...BRINGING
THE TOTAL
THE VENTS ARE IN THE LEILANI
ESTATES AND THE LANI-PUNA
GARDENS SUBDIVISION.
RESIDENTS WERE TOLD TO EVACUATE.
AT LAST CHECK, LAVA HAS
DESTROYED 36
STRUCTURES...AND HAS COVERED 104
ACRES OF LAND.
JOE:
LANIPUNA GARDENS IS NEXT TO
LEILANI ESTATES.
ALREADY
EVACUATED.
BUT IN CASE THEY DIDN'T..AN
ALERT WAS
ISSUED, WARNING THEM THERE WAS
IMMEDIATE
DANGER.
OFFICIALS ALSO WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR
TO GET
EVERYONE OUT.
TALMADGE MAGNO, HAWAII COUNTY
CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATOR: we
got people on the ground. we're
watching that corner of the sub
as it happens and right
away realizing that lanipuna
gardens was gonna be vulnerable
. make sure people went in there
evacuating, went door to
door..police, public works,
civil
def were all in there trying to
get people out
TALMADGE MAGNO, CIVIL DEFENSE:
at this point we're still
active. still stay alert. seems
like everyday we're
getting into this situation. we
know there's a number of
people in there accessing their
residences so they gotta
be alert when they're in there
JOE:
WE HAVE SEVERAL REPORTS AGAIN
TONIGHT..
WE'LL START WITH MARISA YAMANE
WHO JOINS US
FROM PAHOA. MARISA?
MARISA:
JOE..WE'RE ALONG HIGHWAY
137...KAPOHO-
KALAPANA ROAD..AND RIGHT BEHIND
ME IS LAVA
FROM the 1955 KAPOHO ERUPTION.
AND IN THE FAR DISTANCE, SMOKE
FROM THE NEW FISSURES THAT
PROMPTED THE LANIPUNA
GARDENS EVACUATION.
AS FOR PEOPLE IN LEILANI
ESTATES, WE CAUGHT UP WITH
SOMEONE TODAY AT AN INFO CENTER.
Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa - a
place of worship
that stands tall in the town.
But for folks coming here
today...it's hard to stand tall
under the weight of their
worries.
coni drewer - Leilani estates
resident: my kids are safe,
and our dogs are safe and we
have each other
. but we just wanna go home. it
really just comes down to
that we just wanna go home
JON OLSON - Leilani estates
resident: and it's a beautiful
place. and beautiful people so
lived in Leilani Estates for
three decades.
The lava hasn't consumed his
house...but his home is still a
casualty.
JON: it's pretty well damaged.
it's a slab on grade and the
died, the trees are dying from
the earlier heat from the cracks
Sacred Heart Church is where
pick up a placard for in-and-
out access.
Coni says her home is ok, at
least for now.
CONI: we intially left and yeah.
80% of our house is still
inside, couldn't take much stuff
but we have a place to
go.
Governor Ige toured the area
today and met with residents.
GOV IGE: you kind of lose
perspective until you're
actually on the ground and
seeing the lava flows and how it
just erupted in the middle of
the subdivision the vents are
still steaming and there's gas
coming. and you can see how
close the homes are to the vents
CONI: it's stressful. we are
all under a lot of stress CONI:
we have friends still down on
makamae and lani
gardens and for them it's been
like hour by hour. really no
good in this situation
JON: we all knew it was coming.
we knew it when we
bought it
the good news is that the
surrounding available properties
are getting really really
cheap...hahah if you worry about
those kinds of things you
probably really
don't want to be here
MARISA:
CERTAINLY IT'S A REALITY THEY
FACE LIVING ON AN
ACTIVE VOLCANO.
CASE IN POINT..THE NEW FISSURES
THAT JUST OPENED UP HOURS AGO.
MEANWHILE THE INFO CENTER AT
SACRED HEART
CHURCH IS OPEN WEEKDAYS FROM 9
A-M TO 3 P-M.
REPORTING LIVE FROM PAHOA,
MARISA YAMANE KHON2 NEWS.