WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE ROAD
FOR THIS TUESDAY MORNING.
THANK YOU.
JUST IN TO OUR NEWSROOM
RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE THE
LATEST ON THE LAVA FLOW.
ANDREW IS JOINING US LIVE
FROM PAHOA.
Reporter: HEY THERE.
JUST MOMENTS AGO, I WAS ABLE
TO SPEAK TO POSSIBLY THE
HARDEST WORKING MAN HERE ON
THE BIG ISLAND, THAT'S THE
CIVIL DEFENSE CHIEF.
HE UPDATED US WITH THE
LATEST INFORMATION, AND
HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY
JUST MOMENTS AGO.
JUST AFTER 4:30 THIS
MORNING, BE THE FLOW HAS
ENTERED A PRIVATE PROPERTY,
ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT
WE WERE ANTICIPATING IT
APPROACHING.
IT EXTENDED BEYOND THE FENCE
LINE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 20 FEET
OR SO INTO THE PROPERTY
LINE.
THE FINGER RIGHT NOW THAT'S
EXTENDING INTO THE PROPERTY
IS ABOUT TEN YARDS WIDE,
ALMOST 10 YARDS LONG WHERE
IT HAS INTRUDED.
IT'S MOVING VERY SLOWLY AT
THIS POINT, IT'S A FOOT,
FOOT AND A HALF TALL, AND IS
MOVING IN A NORTHEAST
DIRECTION.
THERE ARE STRUCTURES FURTHER
DOWNHILL, I DON'T HAVE A
DISTANCE AT THIS TIME, I
APOLOGIZE, BUT WE WILL BE
HERE MONITORING.
WE DO HAVE FIRE CREWS ON THE
GROUND, JUST IN THE EVENT WE
HAVE ANY KIND OF BRUSHFIRE
PROBLEM OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF
EXPOSURE FIRE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE MONITORING
THE SITUATION.
Reporter: WE CAN SURMISE
WITH THE LAVA FLOW COMING
INTO THAT PROPERTY IS
PROBABLY ANYWHERE ABOUT 500
YARDS OR SO FROM PAHOA
VILLAGE ROAD?
YES, AND WE WILL GET YOU
AN ACCURATE MEASUREMENT
SHORTLY.
WE ARE DOING AN OVERFLIGHT
TO LOOK AT THE GENERAL FLOW
PATH AS WELL AS TO SURVEY
UPSLOPE IF THERE HAS BEEN
ANY CHANGES AND ANY OTHER
BREAKOUTS.
LATER THIS MORNING, WE WILL
HAVE AN ACCURATE DISTANCE.
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO STRESS TO PAHOA
RESIDENTS?
WELL, THE RESIDENTS OF
THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN
PREPARED FOR THIS, IN FACT,
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN VERY MUCH AWARE OF THIS
EVENT.
RIGHT NOW IT IS THE FIRST
TIME THAT IT IS ENTERING,
YOU KNOW, OCCUPIED PROPERTY,
SO THE RESIDENTS IN THIS
AREA, HEIGHTENED AWARENESS,
AND JUST MAINTAIN CONTACT
WITH US, LIST TON OUR
MESSAGES, AND BE PREPARED
FOR POSSIBLE EVACUATION
ADVISORIES TO EXTEND.
WE WILL BE MONITORING THE
SMOKE AND ANY HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS THAT MAY PRESENT
WITH PROBLEMS, BUT WE'LL
KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF
ANY HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL AS
OTHER SAFETY ISSUES.
RIGHT NOW THEY JUST NEED TO
MONITOR THE RADIO, BE
PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
EVACUATION ADVISORIES, AND
WE'LL WORK WITH RESIDENTS
WHO MAY BE AFFECTED WITH
THEIR EVACUATION.
Reporter: HE HAS THE VERY
LATEST INFORMATION.
WE RECORDED THAT INTERVIEW
JUST ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO.
AS YOU HEARD, THE LAVA FLOW
IS ABOUT 1-1/2 FEET DEEP AND
ABOUT 20 FEET INTO THE FIRST
PROPERTY THAT, AS OF
YESTERDAY, THAT LAVA FLOW
WAS ABOUT 70 YARDS AWAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESS
THAT THAT LAVA FLOW HAS MADE
OVERNIGHT, AND WE CAN FULLY
EXPECT, SADLY, THAT THIS
WILL CONSUME THE FIRST HOME
ON THAT LOT.
AND BEHIND ME HERE, AS YOU
HEARD DARYL MENTION, THE
PAHOA VILLAGE ROAD, THE LAVA
FLOW IS LESS THAN 500 YARDS
NOW FROM PAHOA VILLAGE ROAD,
WHICH REMAINS BLOCKED TO
ACCESS FOR ANYBODY EXCEPT
THOSE WHO MAY LIVE THERE, SO
WE DO EXPECT SOME SAD NEWS
LATER TODAY WITH THAT LAVA
FLOW.
NOW, INSIDE THAT PROPERTY
LINE, JUST BEYOND HERE OFF
TO MY RIGHT SHOULDER, AND
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO EXPECT
THE LAVA FLOW THAT HAS BEEN
COMING TOWARDS PAHOA SINCE
JUNE 27TH TO CLAIM ITS FIRST
PROPERTY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL
HAVE TO SEE IN THE COMING
DAYS IF IT ACTUALLY DOES
MAKE IT ACROSS PAHOA VILLAGE
ROAD.
THAT'S THE VERY LATEEST FROM
PAHOA.
AN IMPORTANT UPDATE THIS
MORNING, AND ANOTHER
EXPECTED IN A CAN YOUAL OF
HOURS.
TRAVELING TO AND FROM PAHOA
IS DIFFICULT.
WE HAVE MORE ON ALTERNATE
BUS STOPS.
Reporter: THE LAVA
BRINGING DROVES OF PEOPLE TO
PAHOA TOWN JUST TO GET A
LOOK AT WHAT MADAM PELE IS
BRINGING TO THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLOW JUST .3
MILES FROM PAHOA VILLAGE
ROAD, HEADING TO A LOW PLACE
ON THE STREET.
A CLOSER VIEW SHOWS THE
DAMAGE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
CAUSED BY THE LAVA FLOW.
ANTICIPATION FOR THE FLOW TO
HIT MORE ROADS.
THE FIRST NORTHBOUND STOP IS
ON HIGHWAY 132 AT THE NEW
HOPE CHURCH SIGN, TWO MORE
ON HIGHWAY 130 AT THE PAHOA
AND FIRE AND POLICE STATION,
AND SOUTHBOUND STOPS, THREE
OF THEM, ONE ACROSS FROM THE
NEW HOPE CHURCH SIGN.
FOR A LIST OF THOSE BUS
STOPS, CHECK OUT THE "AS
SEEN ON" TAB AT KITV.COM.
THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL
DEFENSE SAYS TO MONITOR THE
FLOW.
TWO TO THREE-PERSON TEAMS
ARE WALKING ALONG THE FLOW,
TRACKING IT, AND MEASURING
THE CHANGES.
SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES
STAYING PUT WHILE SOME HAVE
ALREADY LEFT.
A CHIROPRACTOR'S SHOP IS
PLANNING TO STAY UNTIL THE
VERY END.
A TEMPORARY FIRE STATION IS
MOVING IN, SO IF THE FLOW