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Lava flowing from the volcano and shooting into the air. the hawaiian volcano observatory reported the amount of sulfur dioxide in the area has tripled since yesterday. >> there was another explosion from the summit sending ash a mile in the sky. right now, it's the lava flowing. two fingers hitting the ocean creating lays. it's a steam plume packed with hydrochloric acid and tiny pieces of glass. we jumped in with the hawaii national guard that took us as close as we could get. here's what we found. not too long ago, we were in this area with the hawaiian national guard when police said we ne...

A mile into the air. lava is moving at a quicker rate. two fingers have hit the ocean creating something called a steam plume packed with a mixture of acid and glass particles. very corrosive. they're seeping over an important highway, an escape route for many residents. it is an area we just toured with the hawaii national guard and it is shut down and stranding anyone who might be on the other side. >> it tells you that this particular flow very fast compared to the earlier lava flows that people might have seen on videos where it is just crawling along, inching along. this is as far as lava...

Located that we're talking about is that the fuel was taken out of that reactor. so, in some sense, you can just cover that thing with dirt and, you know, let powder and all kinds of things to get the radiation doses down. you are saying goodbye to that reactor. but you can work toward covering it to shield the workers so they can then tepid to the spent fuel pond in unit 3 which in satellite photos, i think you almost have to conclude now that the big steam plume coming out could be from unit 3 spent fuel pond boiling. and so it's urgent to protect >> shepard: continuing coverage of breaking ...