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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? what's going on there? >> we're seeing a lot of video of the lava is at the lower rift zone with fissures. we're 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 wasn't a tsunami warning but the officials in this area warning folks this will keep on going. >> jon: wow. jeff paul at kilauea. thank you.

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? you've been there more than a week, right? >> yeah. we've 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 we're now seeing are in the lower rift zone with these fissures. a ground opening where lava is spewing out. it has bec...

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 it's 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 lava could soon reach a nearby geothermal plant. it has seeped onto the edge of the property, sparking...

Down, chisel it away or pave over it. the main concern moving forward would have to be how unpredictable this volcano is. you'll have a fissure open up, there's 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 it's 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, there's been some questions to us about whether or not it's safe to travel for -- to hawaii for vacations. the county's mayor tel...

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 is but not just him but the people around him. that could be very easily turn into some acid rain. f...