Guard troops sent to site of Hawaii lava flow

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Guard troops sent to site of Hawaii lava flow
Associated Press
By AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER  52 minutes ago



The lava flow on the Big Island of Hawaii was 225 yards from Pahoa Village Road on Wednesday night. The lava is slowing down but still approaching the village. (Oct. 30)



PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The National Guard is deploying troops to a rural Hawaii town as lava makes a slow crawl toward a major road.

Hawaii County Civil Defense Director Darryl Oliveira said Thursday the National Guard is deploying 83 troops to Pahoa to help provide security.

The troops will help with a roadblock and with other safety issues.

Oliveira says the lava on is about 500 feet from Pahoa Village Road, which goes through downtown.

The flow has slowed and a finger of the leading edge remains 100 feet from a house.

So far the lava has burned a shed, tires, some metal materials and mostly vegetation.



This Oct. 22, 2014, photo provided by the University of Hawaii at Hilo, shows an aerial view of the lava flow near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. (AP Photo/University of Hawaii at Hilo)



annotated map with satellite image shows approach of molten lava from Hawaiian volcano (AP)



This Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows lava that has pushed through a fence marking a property boundary above the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. After weeks of slow, stop-and-go movement, a river of asphalt-black lava was less than the length of a football field from homes in the Big Island community Tuesday. The lava flow easily burned down an empty shed at about 7:30 a.m., several hours after entering a residential property in Pahoa Village, said Hawaii County Civil Defense Director Darryl Oliveira. A branch of the molten stream was less than 100 yards (90 meters) from a two-story house. It could hit the home later Tuesday if it continues on its current path, Oliveira estimated. Residents of Pahoa Village, the commercial center of the island's rural Puna district south of Hilo, have had weeks to prepare for what's been described as a slow-motion disaster. Most have either already left or are prepared to go. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)



This Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows an aerial view of the lava flow over Cemetery Road and Apa?a Street near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Rain fell Wednesday on a red-hot river of lava as it threatened to consume its first home on its slow advance into a rural Hawaii town. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)


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