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Where we are standing here at volcanos national park. it happened at the crater itself. a plume rose 30,000 feet, nearly six miles into the air. those massive fissures that are opening up are actually happening about 12 to 15 to 20 miles away from where we are standing now. that's down by estates in the city of pahoa. residents are seeing lava literally oozing out of the ground. they are concerned about venting. sulfur dioxide is pouring out of the ground there. we had there this morning whenwide we had geysers shooting up behind us. we could feel the earth trembling and as we were leaving we ...

>> as you see hawaii national guard is on stand by ready to respond. the volcano could be closer to a massive eruption. fissures are developing here on the big island but ash is starting to emit from the volcano's summit traveling thousands of feet into the air. geologists have issued its red aviation alert has plumes reach 12,000 feet. ash fall as far as 18 miles away and there are health concerns regarding air quality. the ash coupled with high levels of sulfur dioxide and lava eruptions from locals worrying conditions could soon get worse. >> we're hearing stones might be flying this way, y...

Emergency officials are advising people in the affected area to leave. and worried about those who stay behind. >> we are really concerned about having to conduct a mass evacuation because if all the roads get cut off to complete communities we might have to rescue about 2,000 personnel. geologies warn it could have explosive steam hurl rocks and ash miles into the sky. almost like your life is on hold. unlike a hurricane where in three days it will be here and go. or a forest fire. this is almost like a slow motion train wreck. >> geologies warped the volume contain nic summit remains very ac...

Fall that could range from several thousand feet to up to 20,000 feet into the air but the ash fall that will all be confined to 20 miles. >> okay. but wait a minute. you're talking about the national park. i've been to that national park. while it's closed the images we're seeing right now are not all in the national park. there's already the threat of the molten lava coming through the fissures and we've seen historically when lava comes from the crater and travels many, many miles, it goes into communities, neighborhoods, streets, right into the ocean, et cetera. and those are not -- these ...

Lake, if it dips below the level of ground water. cool water meets hot rock and steam can build up and could create more explosive activity. elizabeth: if that happens, can you explain how big the danger zone is that they could predict? there are people who live here and they're told to evaluate and that's expanding by the day. >> the summit is i believe 30 or 40 miles away from the east risk zone where most of the eruptive activity has happened so far. a lot of people moving out of those communities, evacuated from those communities, their main danger is from lava encroaching into the communi...