I happened to be on the Big Island when Kīlauea erupted and kept up with it every day and would drive a great distance at night to see the lava eruption in the dark. An eruption has begun in the Leilani Estates subdivision in the lower East Rift Zone of Kilauea Volcano shortly before 03:00 UTC on May 4, 2018. Lava was confirmed … Then we saw some lava popping out." HILO — Almost a year after the end of liquid lava in lower Puna, Leilani Estates continues to wrestle with packs of tourists attracted to the vestiges of last year’s Kilauea eruption. This summer’s eruption from the Kilauea volcano’s east rift zone wiped out more than 700 homes in the rural subdivisions of Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens. Lava glows from a vent on a lava bed at the Leilani Estates, Saturday, May 5, 2018, in Pahoa, Hawaii.
Sadly Lava flow destroyed 26 homes in ‘leilani estates’, big island, hawaii Lava Flow At Night Time – Kilauea Volcano Eruption Lava Flow at Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Lava flows did not advance more than about 10 m (33 ft) from the fissure. Lava emerges from the ground after Kilauea Volcano erupted, on Hawaii's Big Island May 3, 2018, in this still image … That is, if they have a home to return to at all. The most hard-hit neighborhood was Leilani Estates, where resident Stacy Welch watched lava from fissure 8 pour onto her property. There have been three lava flows in the Leilani Estates area since 1790. The flows are no longer active. Mario Tama/Getty Images The trade winds have died down significantly.

Credit Ku'uwehi Hiraishi This led to a destructive volcanic eruption lasting three months – and some Hawaiʻi Island residents are … At this time, no other fissures have erupted from along the rift zone. At one point it fountained lava about 250 feet in the air. A little over half way into the residential community of Leilani Estates, the main stretch is buried in lava from the 2018 eruption of Kilauea Volcano. The most recent eruption near the Leilani Estates area was in 1955, before subdivisions were built in the area. I rented an AirBnB in Leilani Eatates specifically to see the lava flow. In Leilani. HONOLULU ― Now that the devastating lava eruptions on Hawaii’s Big Island have paused indefinitely, residents are slowly returning to a place that no longer looks like home. On Wednesday, cracks were also reported on the road in Leilani Estates, but officials reported they did not pose a lava threat. I don’t consider myself a gawker but as someone fascinated by volcanos. The first signs of trouble in Leilani Estates came about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, when residents reported plumes of smoke spewing from cracks in the road. Lava from a Kilauea fissure illuminates dying trees in Leilani Estates, on Hawaii's Big Island, May 26, 2018 in Pahoa, Hawaii. What used to be a lush community of one-acre homes now includes an expanse of unpopulated blackened earth.