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This active volcano is still shooting out lava. there are earthquakes still rattling the ground there. we're talking about 400. more than 400 earthquakes in the last 24 hours. >> all of that is scary, absolutely. what's even scarier, experts can't predict where the destruction will head next. so far for the people who once lived in that area, they have to wait and hope their home survives. >> the lava could pop up any place in this risk zone. it's like a highway of lava underground and it's -- it's proven to pop up in the middle of the street basically. >> cnn's stephanie elam has more for us ...

National park. yes, it is a visitors destination. but it is now closed. as our stephanie elam reports from hawaii, that park is home to a volcanic crater at the center of all of this. >> reporter: volcanic eruptions spewing moeltsen rock, ash and gases onto hawaii's big island. the eruption stemming from a series of cracks in the rift zone miles from the kilauea volcano. video from earlier this week shows walls of smoke billowing as the wall collapses, leaving behind a red rocky surface similar to that of mars. with gaping holes giving us a glimpse of the liquid orange magna smoldering below. ...

Series of cracks and the drift zone miles from the kilauea volcano. video shows walls of smoke billowing as the vent collapses, leaving behind a red rocky surface similar to that of mars. with gaping holes giving us a glimpse of the orange liquid magma smoldering below. the time lapse shows gushing rivers of lava flowing as night turns to day. residents are fleeing from their homes as forests burn and roads break open. >> you could feel the heat coming from the ground. yes, there's heat coming up out of this. >> reporter: officials warn the sulfur dioxide levels are extremely dangerous. more t...

Well we have breaking news from hawaii's big island. a dangerous one-two punch stunning erupting volcano and adding it to a series of strong earthquaking including a magnitude 6.9 tremor hours ago. the latest from stephanie elam in hawaii ton. >> reporter: volcanic eruption spewing molten rock ash and gases union the big island. the eruption stemming from a series of cracks in the rift zone miles from the kilauea volcano. video from earlier this week shows walls of smoke. leaving behind a red rocky surface similar to mars with gaping holes giving a glimpse of the orange liquid magma smoldering...

Stephanie elam has more. what's the latest? >> reporter: jim, what we're learning is that a fourth fissure has opened. this as residents are are dealing with flowing lava and a swarm of earthquakes. volcanic eruptions spewing toxic gases on to hawaii's big island. stemming from a series of cracks in the rift zone miles from the kilauea volcano. residents are fleeing as forests burn and break open. >> heat coming down. there's heat coming up out of this. >> reporter: officials warn the sulphlivan dock ide levels are dangerous. more than 700 structures and 1700 people are within the mandatory ev...