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Hawaii emergency declared over volcano

By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh
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Hawaii emergency declared over volcano

The volcano’s plume of smoke and ash is visible from a great distance
Kilauea volcano has erupted near a residential area on Hawaii’s largest island, prompting a local state of emergency and the mandatory evacuation of 1,700 residents. Extremely high levels of dangerous sulphur dioxide gas have been detected in the evacuation area, the Civil Defense Agency tweeted. Community centres have been opened to provide shelter. The eruption follows a series of strong earthquakes over recent days. A volcanic crater vent – known as Puu Oo – collapsed earlier this week, sending lava down the mountain’s slopes towards populated areas. Officials had been warning residents all week they should be prepared to evacuate as an eruption would give little warning. Hawaii’s Governor David Ige says he has activated military reservists from the National Guard to help evacuate thousands of people. https://twitter.com/GovHawaii/status/992290909302673408 Television pictures showed a line of lava fountains from Kilauea bursting up under a road and adjoining gardens. Close-up footage shot by a drone showed lava emerging from a fissure in a wooded residential neighbourhood and oozing down a road. Earlier this year, a false alert warning of an incoming ballistic missile caused panic, leading the US state to reassess its alert system. Source: BBC

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Emmanuel Kwame Amoh is an Online Editor with the current affairs team at Media General, operators of TV3 Ghana, editors.3news.com and more. Email: emmanuel.amoh@editors.3news.com

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