Due to the many variables in both direction and timing of lava flow advances, the USGS said it's too difficult to estimate if or when the lava will impact the highway.
of many of Big Island's over 200,000 residents.
The U.S. Geological Survey on Monday said the lava was about 2.16 miles away from Saddle Road, also known as the Daniel K. Inouye Highway or Route 200.Aerial footage shows the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, erupting in Hawaii.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter. "The lava flow has reached relatively flat ground causing it to slow down significantly over the past several days, as expected," the USGS said in a statement."During the past 24 hours, the lava flow advanced at an average rate of about 25 feet per hour . Though the advance rate has slowed over the past several days, the lava flow remains active with a continuous supply from the fissure 3 vent.
Due to the many variables in both direction and timing of lava flow advances, the USGS said it's too difficult to estimate if or when the lava will impact the highway. The USGS also reports that strands of volcanic glass — also known as Pele's hair — are being wafted great distances with some being seen about 50 miles away from the volcano in Laupāhoehoe, a coastal town in Big Island's northeast.
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