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After that it started spewing sulfur dioxide, a poisonous gas. over the weekend, lava has moved into the ocean. when that happens, you have fire basically meeting water and the hydrogen chloride in the magma when it meets the sea water creates hydrochloric acid that is going in the area. these poor people have it coming at them in three different fronts and they have to be very careful. >> neil: how wide is the danger area, michael? >> you know, the plume of hydrochloric acid is more than a mile. from my experience in covering volcanos, it's the immediate southeast part of hawaii. i covered an...

>> neil: all right. a lot of lava creating a new threat in hawaii after reaching the pacific ocean. apparently it sends up toxic fumes and glass-like particles in the air. physicists michael joins us. for those in the immediate area, i know officially, you know, the hawaiian agencies and the like said there's no problem here. you can fly here. no concern about landing at any of the other islands, even the big island. for residents in the immediate local, what is it like? >> the headline for them right now, neil, kilauea is a triple threat. 2 1/2 weeks ago, it started oozing very thick, slow-mo...