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The fence. three fences, then he bit me. and he ran away. >> lava in this area covering around four square miles. >> jon: what about the summit at kilauea? whats going on there? >> were seeing a lot of video of the lava is at the lower rift zone with fissures. were 25 miles away from the summit of the kilauea volcano. we see explosive eruptions. it sent ash in the air 15,000 feet and 4.5 earthquake this morning. there wasnt a tsunami warning but the officials in this area warning folks this will...

Has mitigated. he feels crews have been working for 24 hours to make the area more safe. he believes that this community right now is in a good spot. bill. >> bill: jeff, overall has the volcano progressed from when you first arrived there? youve been there more than a week, right? >> yeah. weve been here for more than a week. when we first got here i think a lot of the attention was on the big one. the big, dramatic eruption from the top of the summit. most of the problems were now seeing are i...

Flows are moving faster come across one major roadway and threatening others. >> the county is doing everything they can to get the last few holdouts in that area evacuated as quickly as possibl possible. the situation could turn precarious really fast. >> not too long ago, you could drive down this highly but you can see its covered with lava that is still hot and putting out flames. if you were on the other side of this pile of lava, you would need an early left. there are growing concerns lav...

Down, chisel it away or pave over it. the main concern moving forward would have to be how unpredictable this volcano is. youll have a fissure open up, theres lava and then another explosion. >> we hope the flows keeps as a release point to allow the lava to enter the ocean without damaging any further residences. we know its unpredictable. a lot of pressure in the rift zone. we know it could change at any point in time. >> one other point that i want to make is, theres been some questions to us...

Balcony. you hear the strange groaning coming from the fissures and like the land is not able to breathe. like a jet engine going back and an explosion as well. >> when we hear that, i want to make sure our viewers have an understanding what is going on. scott, thank you. would you be so kind to keep that picture up of the fissure of what is happening there while we go to allison chinchar who is live in the severe weather center? >> he may have to be careful of that in his proximity to where he ...

At take the look at this video that was just sent out but you can see just how much lava is flowing right now it looks like a river. a little while ago the hawaii national guard escorted us out to is a spot deep into that rift zone where the features are but each time into this spot it was too dangerous for people when the middle of an evacuation. the lava in some spots is moving at an estimated 1000 feet in our which destroyed four houses last night and isolated at least an additional 40 houses...

Side of this island, where its going roll down that way, it could roll down that way, depending on how much lava comes out of the earth toward the ocean. theyre saying be wary. and if we tell you to leave, leave, ana. >> when we look at these pictures right next to the screen, stephanie, theres so much lava that youve been describing as it bubbles and splatters and going quickly throughout some of these neighborhoods, yet its a big island. so how much of the island is actually impacted? >> its a...

At take the look at this video that was just sent out but you can see just how much lava is flowing right now it looks like a river. a little while ago the hawaii national guard escorted us out to is a spot deep into that rift zone where the features are but each time into this spot it was too dangerous for people when the middle of an evacuation. the lava in some spots is moving at an estimated 1000 feet in our which destroyed four houses last night and isolated at least an additional 40 houses...

>> the ash itself is not poisonous but, that said, just like with the gases we recommend you limit exposure. that could mean staying indoors and closing windows. >> fear is growing after geologists issued an aviation red alert, its highest warning, meaning a volcanic eruption is imminent or underway. >> it wasnt a big one, so to speak. does that mean that we wont see a much bigger more explosive event? not necessarily. it could plug up and we could yet in the future have the so-called big one. >...

They wake up wondering if today is the day. eruptions are spontaneous and this could go on for days or weeks. >> i think what we can say this is not over. the seismic activity continues and magna within the rift zone. for the foreseeable future this eruption is likely to continue. >> the governor told residents last night dont tell your agent to say if you have lava insurance but simply fire insurance. they think it will cover some people. >> julie: you went into the evacuated neighborhood. what...