deliveries, fast food, you name it there are going to be delays up until christmas. jose and you ve been covering the volcanic eruption in la palma, spain. what s the latest there? reporter: yeah, over the weekend, really active weekend eruptions really intensified so that eruption, that volcano started on september 19th, jose. and since then, a number of different events or fissures have opened up that s what happened on saturday a new vent, a new eruption and this morning, authorities have locked down three new villages the big fear, jose, over the last couple of weeks is that as that lava moves down the hillside towards the more populated coastline, not only would it hit a lot more houses, but eventually, that lava would hit the ocean. and experts are warning that when that happens, if that happens, we re going to see explosions and clouds of toxic gas. but right now, more than 7,000 people, jose, have fled their homes. 350 homes have been destroyed. and experts are warning, the
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destroyed by molten lava. and the danger is not over yet. scientists are warning what they call vigorous lava eruptions still gushing from volcanic fissures in the earth. a team of experts is trying to track it to keep people safe. scott mclean has that. reporter: if there s lava on the move, so is drone pilot rose harp. you guys ready? okay. clear props. launching. reporter: her small crew from the university of hawaii at hilo has been up all night every night since kilauea first started erupting almost a month ago. they are documenting the lava s movement using drones. not for long-term research but to inform hour-to-hour decisions. you are an essential service. i feel like we are. reporter: as the lava moves, the group s routine stays largely the same. fly we re just about at 100 meters altitude. 97% battery.
i feel like we are. reporter: as the lava moves, the group s routine stays largely the same. fly just at about 100 meters altitude. reporter: take photos, upload the data. so this is a base map. and analyze it and repeat. this week they watched as a massive fast-moving lava flow cut off highway 132, creeping down it for two miles, leaving a pile of shifting lava some 10 feet high. it will be seemingly cool at the surface, but there s actually still a lot of heat in there. reporter: some of that lava is headed toward another highway, the only remaining escape route for some communities. officials are now given some neighborhoods an ultimatum leave or be prosecuted. this is an order that is a formal order that does mandate that they leave.