Fissure 8 News Today

Five years after the lava from the 2018 Kīlauea eruption destroyed 32.3 miles of roads, most have not been repaired. But there is hope, with federal funds ready for restoring public roads and grant money going to nonprofits to help restore private roads.

Exactly five years ago, Kīlauea began to spew lava that would prove to be the most destructive eruption in Hawai‘i in two centuries.

Fissure that opened during the 2018 Kilauea eruption finally gets a name Fissure 8 (Source: Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism) By HNN Staff | March 4, 2021 at 4:26 PM HST - Updated March 4 at 4:32 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Board on Geographic Names decided on an official title for Fissure 8 on Thursday. The fissure will now go by Ahuailaau, which refers to the altar of the volcano deity Ailaau. Fissure 8 was one of the many fissures that open...

The cause is under official investigation. >> julie: new eruptions from mount kilauea sending lava flowing onto the highway and forcing officials the close off a busy road. officials calling for more evacuations. >> it has been another busy 24 hours yesterday about 5:00 p.m. the number of vents got active and produced some flows that -- and spectacular fountain. were at 24 fissures. fissure 8 is producing the activity. many homes have been destroyed. >> julie: is life on the big island not far f...

A threat of floods continues to grip the southeast. the first named storm of the season, alberto, has already turned deadly and is expected to dump more heavy rain. the storm has claimed lives, two journalists covering the storm in north carolina. in the meantime, a search in maryland continues for a national guardsman who went missing after he was swept away by flood waters trying to help a victim. residents there beginning the recovery process. you can see the area is just disaster zone. look ...