. >> reporter: alison and dave, this is leilani estates. this is fissure 7 in the 24 which is now erupting in the complex of volcanic activity in the lower southeastern area of kilauea. what are you looking at down the bottom of the road is hardened lava. this road went through leilani estates. it is now blocked by 20 feet of lava. it is fountaining above it. this is as impressive and terrifying as it gets. one big problem they have coming up is the wind is about to change direction. it has been blowing toward less populated areas and now it will start blowing toward hilo and pahoa. that will cause problems for people breathing on the island of hawaii which is a long way through from all of this. dave and alison. >> thank you, miguel.

jim penny/leilani estates resident: "our house is up on stilts. so we're hoping that the shaking didn't cause things or, or damage the home. but we don't know because we can't get in, and it's probably several days before we can." frustration has also been building among residents. that was evident in friday evening's meeting with county officials.tony long/nanawale estates resident: "i just feel like we are treated like second class rated citizens. i don't know why everything was so last-minute." the american red cross has expanded services at the shelter at the pahoa community center.the swimming pool is now closed, so evacuees can use the bathrooms and showers. while this is welcome, many still want to return home - and soon, even if it's for the last time.ira haas/leilani estates resident: "the longer we wait, the more it's going to turn into - or could turn into - lava flows over roads. then we don't have chance. (jusne) kron4 first told you about hawaii's volcanic eruption through a breaking news push alert. download the kron4 mobile app and

as you go down the hill, you can see that leilani avenue doesn't exist any more. there is black lava. as the british foreign secretary makes a last—minute plea, the us says it will announce the fate of the iran deal on tuesday. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: as malaysia's election looms, we look at the race issues that could influence the vote. and a trump speech with a difference. what happened when melania took to the microphone. it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 1:00pm in hawaii, where an active volcano is posing an added danger to the residents on big island. 35 buildings have now been destroyed by the wave of molten lava, with hundreds more in danger. but officials have told the bbc they are most worried about a plant holding 27,000 litres of a highly flammable liquid, which they are desperately trying to move to safety. james cook has the latest. fountains of lava, bursting from one of the world's most active volcanoes. kilauea has been erupting constantly for more than 30 years, but not like this. destruction unfolding i

jim penny/leilani estates resident: "our house is up on stilts.o we're hoping that the shaking didn't cause things or, or damage the home. but we don't know because we can't get in." according to the u-s geological survey, at least 8 volcanic vents have opened. and everyone living in the community of leilani estates have been ordered to evacuate. steve gebbie, leilani estates resident: "withing 5 minutes there was probably a 3 foot wall of lava on the street." officials say they're working on a plan to allow residents to temporarily return home to remove additional belongings. steve gebbie, leilani estates resident: "and now my house might be gone. that's just devastating" butt to "might have to start over at age 56" thursday's eruption was followed by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake.since then-- molten lava has destroyed several homes as poisonous gases continue to spew out.and officials say more more eruptions are likely. tina neal, usgs: "there's nothing to say that it can't develop some additional pressure and push beyond leilani estates to the eas

as you go down the hill, you can see that leilani avenue doesn't exist anymore.'s a black lava thing, and everything's all gone. at one point lava burst more than 200 feet into the air, higher than nelson's column in trafalgar square. at the crater of kilauea, geologists are using time—lapse videos to keep watch. but even the experts say that predicting the behaviour of a magma plumbing system which extends a0 miles beneath the earth is practically impossible. they are particularly concerned about gas stored in this geothermal plant near one of the fissures, and about sulphur dioxide in the island air, which can prove deadly. this could go on for months, but there is nothing anyone can do about it, except to gaze in awe. james cook, bbc news. more from hawaii in a moment. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump says he will announce his decision on whether to keep the iran nuclear deal on tuesday. earlier, britain's foreign secretary appealed to the trump administration not to abandon the deal. borisjohnson held talks with his american

we are asking any advice visito residents to stay out of leilani estates. the volcanic activity is unpredictab unpredictable. it is a tough time for people losing their possessions. >> is there a sense you cannot do anything to stop lava and once it is formed, there is little to do to remove it? >> yes, i do think that there is a sense that it is mother nature. the lava flow is unpredictable and hard to determine which direction it will go. it starts and stops on a whim. i think that is the uncertainty that all of the residents are faced with. >> kilauea has been erupting pretty much on and off for 35 years. this is the most active volume tak -- volucano in the world. authorities have a good sense how to live around it and keep the beautiful islands still open for tourism. tell us a little bit about what it is like in paradise when something like this happens. what is your message? >> on a couple of fronts, clearly all of the government officials, county, state and federal, fema is on the ground here and we have been in discussion with them. i think people

julie leialoha/leilani estates resident"like choking on rotten eggs fumes.it's really thick. just makes your eyes water, your throat hurts, everything hurts. your lungs literally ache so you just gotta run."julie leiahola lives on leilani avenue and went back home to pick up belongings. julie leialoha/leilani estates resident"my house is fine, it's standing so far. but it's just saturated with so2, only bummer is that i can't find any of my pets."nats hawaii's governor david ige toured the national guard efforts in areas affected by the eruptions.gov."we believe that we will exceed the threshold and we are working to seek the disaster declaration." he believes the state will need federal help with the lava. .. which has blocked the road raylene lerum takes to her house.raylene lerum/leilani estates resident"it just felt it, as almost i could feel...i didn't think it was real at first, but it's almost like you could feel the lava flowing under you."the fate of her home is uncertain."it's very difficult not knowing ..." "we are very concerned, and thinking abo

julie leialoha/leilani estates resident"like choking on rotten eggs fumes. it's really thick. just makes your eyes water, your throat hurts, everything hurts. your lungs literally ache so you just gotta run."julie leiahola lives on leilani avenue and went back home to pick up belongings. julie leialoha/leilani estates resident"my house is fine, it's standing so far. but it's just saturated with so2, only bummer is that i can't find any of my pets."nats hawaii's governor david ige toured the national guard efforts in areas affected by the eruptions.gov."we believe that we will exceed the threshold and we are working to seek the disaster declaration." he believes the state will need federal help with the lava. .. which has blocked the road raylene lerum takes to her house.raylene lerum/leilani estates resident"it just felt it, as almost i could feel...i didn't think it was real at first, but it's almost like you could feel the lava flowing under you."the fate of her home is uncertain."it's very difficult not knowing ..." "we are very concerned, and thinking ab

as you go down the hill you can see that leilani avenue doesn't exist anymore.ck lava thing. everything is all gone. at one point lava burst more than 200 feet into the air, higher than nelson's column in trafalgar square. at the crater of kilauea, geologists are using time—lapse videos to keep watch. but even the experts say that predicting the behaviour of a magma plumbing system which extends a0 miles beneath the earth of the nice terror attack. firings my??? lei-3“ iipwsrs. tm " ’ to the 86 people who lost their lives in july 2016 with temperatures soaring, you may tempted to indulge in an ice cream or two. but, if your favourite flavour is vanilla, the price you pay for it could be about to rise. bad weather in madagascar, the world's top producer, has affected the harvest and is pushing up prices. our business reporter maryam moshiri has been to see how businesses are coping. cookie dough, chocolate brownie, creme brulee, whatever your favourite flavour, vanilla, the key ingredient for sweet treats is now, after saffron, the second most expensive spice in t

still residents who have the chance have been returning to their homes in leilani estates, packing up as many of their valuables if they can, not knowing if this will be the last time they have a home to return to. with all the recent activity, homeowners have been warned to leave at a moment's notice. >> the cracks went from two inches to 12 inches wide and eight feet deep. you could hear the rumbling. that was on either side of my house. >> it's a much smaller subdivision compared to leilani estates. at this point they have not been able to go back to their home to collect essential items because of the volcanic ashes. >>> tonight a bay area water agency is pouring more than half a billion dollars into the delta tunnels project. the governor's plan build two 35-mile tunnels to divert water from the sacramento river south including to silicon valley. santa clara valley water district initially opposed the project, but they are now pledging up to $650 million to help pay for it. the plan still faces several hurdles before construction can begin. >>> speaking of hurdles, the warriors j

and if they are going to their home, they have the right to be inside the leilani estates.ing urged to be very careful. the biggest concern i can see from having been in there is that if the wind direction changed, all of that sulfur dioxide, the gas coming from underneath the earth, they could move and catch people very quickly indeed. the other worry is about the fissures continuing to open up. when i was in there, i saw the fountains of lava jetting into the sky. the suggestion from geologists that they could get three times as high, potentially 180 metres. that is the real worry. it would cause a huge amount of destruction. as theyjet up, it sends molten rock in all directions. people are being told not to get too close. by the ocean, where it meets the steam, that lava creates another gas. hydrochloric acid is released and particles of gas. this can cause real problems. —— hydrochloric acid is released and particles of glass. the centre across the road from here, people are going there if they have had to leave their homes. they are being given clothes, food. 0utside y

julie leialoha/leilani estates resident"like choking on rotten eggs fumes. it's really thick. just makes your eyes water, your throat hurts, everything hurts. your lungs literally ache so you just gotta run."julie leiahola lives on leilani avenue and went back home to pick up belongings. julie leialoha/leilani estates resident"my house is fine, it's standing so far. but it's just saturated with so2, only bummer is that i can't find any of my pets."nats hawaii's governor david ige toured the national guard efforts in areas affected by the eruptions.gov."we believe that we will exceed the threshold and we are working to seek the disaster declaration." he believes the state will need federal help with the lava. .. which has blocked the road raylene lerum takes to her house.raylene lerum/leilani estates resident"it just felt it, as almost i could feel...i didn't think it was real at first, but it's almost like you could feel the lava flowing under you."the fate of her home is uncertain."it's very difficult not knowing ..." "we are very concerned, and thinking ab

several fissures reactivated overnight in leilani estates. >> reporter: 4:00 in the morning when a plume came into the sky about 30,000 feet they estimate. they've not been able to look inside just yet but scientists do believe this was in line with that steam event, the lava getting below the water table, lava and water mixing, causing thee eruptions. while that's happening, there are still the residents living in leilani estates and gardens. it looks like we're on a different planet. this is the first real look we've been able to have to see what it's done to this neighborhood. it doesn't even look like homes were here. this was a road. you can see the power lines down and the sea of lava. this road used to drop off, i'm told. now it's rising up into a mountain of molten rock that is still steaming. you can still hear the crunch of the rocks underneath us and these massive fissures that are opening. it's not clear if they will turn into the fissures that will ooze gas and then lava but still this is what people in the neighborhood have been

it is in leilani estates. theye are dealing with al reality of the situation. we are feeling the effects. not to the degree those folks are. that video is just as drawing for us as for you. >>ee can younything? >> where i am at, i couldn't see. i usually watch everything through my computer. we do have units we send out to cover it. get some live updates. >> does that mean you do not need to worry? i suppose these things are affected by wind direction. >> the hawaii county civil defense has then saying, for e who have breathing problems, to be careful. we are not getting any of that. i don't think we would get that. we do have a phenomena, volcanic fog we dealith on a regular basis. it is kept down in the prune area -- puna ar. wrecks i supposed you are used to volcanoes. i am looking atjo this with m i wonder what you are feeling. >> we do get a lot of calls from friends and family, are you guys ok? i think you are right. sadly, we are getting accustomed to it. we had a lava flow which almost ran over a town nter leilani es that was a big relief wh that stoppe

. >> most of the action is happening in leilani estates. summer refusing to leave in spite of the evacuation order. you can see a red-hot river of lava pouring out of seems and glowing and smoldering as it snakes through neighborhoods. the photographer with the usgs got right up next to this lava flow. carter evans is in hawaii tonight. you can see that he also got right up close. >> reporter: the volcanic trail cuts right through the community leilani estates. it sits atop the eastern slope of kilauea. for five days the volcano has been spewing molten lava and ash. large crash -- cracks have opened through the neighborhood. several homere smoke engulfed this house. >> it is like a goliath, like a roaring jet engine. he lives about 100 yards away from one the eruptions. >> to the ask you to evacuate? >> it was a mandatory evacuation, but by law i do not have to leave. >> reporter: why did you choose to stay? >> because this is where i live. i have faith in the gods that my house is going to be okay. >> reporter: two more cracks opened with

as residents wait to find out their fate.ira haas/leilani estates resident"we're all just standing on the perimeter wondering and hearing conflicting stories, it just makes people more upset and more anxious and you know, we don't need the level of anxiety to be any higher." steve gebbie/hawaii resident"i was five years from retirement with the house paid for. and retirement is nowhere near in the future now, if this is what's playing out."i'm john lorinc reporting. (robin)a san francisco girl is one of the first in the country to become a boy scout. she and her family spoke to kron 4's hermela aregawi about what inspired her to join the scouts. jordan fong is the first girl in san francisco to join boy scouts.the organization says it's working to be more inclusive.so girls like jordan.. who has been with the girls scouts for four years.. are switching over. jordan says.. seeing her older brother take part in the group's activities inspired her. jordan fong/one of first to join scouts bsawhat i saw there was really good archery. and rock-climbing and horse-riding which i really like.

there are still people who live in leilani estates and gardens. this was the road. you can see the power lines down and the sea of lava. this road used to drop off, i'm told. now it's rising up into a mountain of molten rock that's still steaming. you can hear the crunch of the rocks underneath us and these massive fissures that are opening. it's not clear if they will turn into the fissures that will ooze gas and lava but still people here have been watching to see if it will engulf their homes and in some cases, it has already done that. >>> this next story is for you migraine sufferers, first drug for migraines. once a month shot saw their migraines cut from eight days to four on average with some minor side effects. it costs $6900 a year without insurance. three other injectable migraine drugs are expected next year and several pills to prevent migraines are now being tested. >>> delivering that racist rant in a new york city cafe has done it before, two new videos emerging, showing other confrontations involving attorney aaron schlossberg. this one in boston tw

and unfortunately that lava path leads right towards homes in the leilani estates committee.egan shooting hundreds of feet into the air. >> reporter: thick waves of fresh lava blaze a path down a mount of volcanic rock. this didn't exist just a few days ago. >> we gamble d and maybe -- maye didn't win. >> reporter: every day steve heads into leilani estates to check on the house he built by hand. only one way to his place remains. but this road is now scarred with jagged cracks, a byproduct of kilauea's eruption. steve says some folks in the neighborhood patched the road enough to make it passable -- at least for now. when we first met steve three weeks ago, it was just days after the eruption began. back then he thought his home would be gone i go now. >> there's three fissures next to my house. i'm thinking they'll grab ahold of each other. >> reporter: steve's fear turned to fact. the fissures have banded together into a massive volcanic complex. kilauea's eruption is callous in its haphazardness, leaving residents with a thick vein of hope each day. how defeel? >> at this

as you go down the hill, you can see that leilani avenue doesn't exist anymore.column in trafalgar square. at the crater of kilauea, geologists are using time—lapse videos to keep watch. but even the experts say that predicting the behaviour of a magma plumbing system which extends a0 miles beneath the earth is practically impossible. they are particularly concerned about gas stored in this geothermal plant near one of the fissures, and about sulphur dioxide in the island air, which can prove deadly. this could go on for months, but there is nothing anyone can do about it, except to gaze in awe. james cook, bbc news. the leader of the lebanese militant group hezbollah has described the parliamentary elections as a political and moral victory for the resistance. unofficial reports suggest hezbollah, mostly shia and backed by iran, has won, along with its allies, just over half the seats. prime minister saad hariri says his mainly sunni muslim political movement has lost about a third of its seats. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: where motorsport and garde

. >> reporter: new video shows the fiery wrath of kilauea bearing down on the neighborhood of leilani estates. nothing in the lava's path was spared. it consumed telephone poles, trees and homes, all destroyed as the once lush landscape now looks more like a blackened moon scape. but yesterday, a much needed break. the eruption slowed down and authorities are now allowing evacuees to briefly return to their homes to pack their most essential items. >> not sure what it's going to be like. >> reporter: he moved to leilani estimates last september with his wife and two young daughters after fleeing the wine country wildfires. now lava is flowing outside of their new home. >> nice and green, everything was green. >> reporter: a new disaster and once again this family is packing up a house they may never see again. >> going to raise my daughters here, but doesn't look like it's going to turn out to be the scenario we hoped. >> i'll stay here until i can't stay anymore. >> reporter: michael clemens decided not to evacuate. he has no insurance, and says almost all of his life savings is in h

cbs correspondent david begnaud is in hawaii, and has been to the evacuation zone in leilani estates.e of the first responders have actually pulled back from their positions after testing the air quality with this monitor and realising the levels of sulphur dioxide gas, the toxic gas that is in the air, is alarmingly high in some places. so they evacuated to this fire station here on the big island, where we are right now. the day got started with an alert that went out on cellphones, radio and television, telling people about a giant ash plume that radiated from the summit. there have been giant plumes rising almost daily but this one was different because it rose 30000 feet in the air. however, scientists tell us it was short lived and didn't have much of an effect. scientists have said, for the last several days, that the ash itself is not toxic. within the last 24 itself is not toxic. within the last 2a hours, the national guard took us into one of the evacuation zones and got us really close to those fissures, that is the crack in the earth where laver and steam erupt from. we wa

spewing out 20 mild away on the neighborhood of leilani estates.ai nelson at this roadblock hoping to go back in to pick up what he left when a friend showed him this video. >> memories of being in my back yard. it's hard. >> reporter: that giant wall of lava creeping through that yard closing in on his childhood home. >> shock and the memories kind of hit me hard seeing photos of me and my brother in my back yard. now it's covered in ten feet of lava. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> reporter: this nightmare for this island began last week. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> reporter: earthquakes rattling the big island. and as the first cracks in the earth opened plumes of ash and smoke rose into the air. >> it was roaring sky high. it was incredible. it was fuming. it was roaring. it was thundering. rocks were flying out of the ground. >> reporter: those 15 open fissures exposing fiery magma overtaking neighborhood streets causing a week of mayhem. over the weekend people like chris klepps waited for hours in their vehicles. >> you've been out here all night long? >> i

but 20 homeowners have refused to leave their homes in leilani estates. >>> investigators in cuba aretrying to figure out what caused an airplane to crash killing more than 100 people. witnesses saw the plane take off yesterday, turn and dive into a field and burst into a fire ball. today a black box data recorder was found in the wreckage. the mexican jetliner a boeing 737 was heading to eastern cuba. 110 people died in the crash. three women survived they are in critical condition with severe burns. >>> and back in the u.s. a plane skidded off a runway and into some grass as it tried to land in lexington kentucky today. heavy rain and low visibility may have been factors in this accident. the delta flight from atlanta had 72 people on board. no one was hurt. >>> a virginia doctor will serve three years in prison for slipping his girlfriend a drug that killed her unborn baby. as ana lisa reports, he could have been behind bars much longer if his exhad not asked the judge for mercy. >> reporter: brooks fix was excite to become a mother. detectives later learning that her then boyfrien

. >> reporter: hawaii county officials say the flow is coming from a large crack in the leilani estates neighborhood. white hot vapor and blue fumes seen pouring from the openings. hundreds of small earthquakes have been shaking the volcano all week. the most powerful was a 4.6 magnitude that hit thursday. the? wanted officials to prepare people for possible evacuations . because once a volcano erupts, there's very little time for warning. thursday, officials ordered mandatory evacuations for more than 1500 residents living in leilani estates. >> if you can stay with your family and friends, that is the best first case. >> reporter: otherwise, multiple shelters have been set up for those who have been evacuated. they will temporarily house people and animals. some residents say despite the eruptions, they're not going anywhere. >> i feel like as long as i'm in my house, my house is safe. >> unless they forced me to leave, i ain't planning to leave. >> reporter: the erupting volcano sits in hawaii. officials closed nearly 16,000 surrounding acres due to the possibility of a new eruption.

. >> reporter: leilani estates also looks incredibly different. this is what it look like before the fissure eruption. now it looks like this. from above, you can see lava that's bubbling up inside leilani estates. you also see a lot of brown which is because sulfur dioxide gas is killing vegetation as the air moves with toxic gas toward the ocean. scientists say the declining lava levels contributed to several more earthquakes that caused cracking on a main highway on the south side of the island that cuts right through volcano national park. >> hawaii's governor told the national guard to be on standby to do search and rescues if necessary. he also told potential tourists to come saying that the rest of the state is open for business and that the eruption site is in a small portion of the island. >>> firefighters say illegal fireworks may have started this fire on capitol expressway near coyote creek. no structures were damaged during the fire. it was put out. >>> let's check the weather with neda. looks like a good weekend. >> it's going to be

a video from the epa revealing the molten lava within just east of the crater, 2000 people in the leilani estates neighborhood have been forced to evacuate. 26 homes have been destroyed, at least one dozen fissures have opened up since thursday and the law that is more than 2000 degrees fahrenheit, hot enough to melt gold. then there are earthquakes, there have been more than 1200 that people have felt on the big library -- island already. >> all of the inflation factors are still there and we do not know how long this will last. >> yesterday some evacuees from leilani estates were allowed to return to pick up essentials, there is no telling when they can return for good. >> it happen quickly, ready fast, a lot of people's dreams have been ruined and they will not recoup. >> scientists have no real prediction as to where the novel will flow or where it will end -- the lava will flow or where it will end. >> you feel for those people. >> there is no stopping it and they lived in paradise. unfortunately, that is what happens when paradise is on a volcano. >> very true. >>> let us talk about

. >> reporter: at the center of the activity lies the community of leilani estate.sident there captured this lava fountain shooting over 1 feet into the air. >> down the road, all we heard was a boom. what is that? and all of a sudden you smelled the surface, sulfur -- the sulf sulfur, sulfur dioxide. we knew something was happen. within minutes, smoke, and now we see the lava coming across the street. this fissure is opening up. this is our next eruption. >> reporter: the eruptions part of a massive geological event sent off by the collapse of the crater floor. that collapse led to hundreds of earthquakes this week which continued to jolt the big island. >> the tough part about this eruption is that it's unpredictable. we don't know which way the lava is going to flow, and we are planning actively for every contingency that we can think of. >> the leilani subdivision is most at risk here. the large cracks that haven onned up are in this one -- that have opened up are in this one neighborhood, and they're releasing more of that lava. >> meteorologist allison chincha

most of them live in a community called leilani estates.he lava, but earthquakes as well. >> reporter: a 6.9 magnitude quake rocked the area on friday. it's the largest in 43 careers, and the aftereffects continue to surface. cracks with burning lava erupted on the eastern edge of the island. five homes destroyed in leilani estates estates. >> we pulled up to the crack and smelled as a rule fur, and then the -- sulfur, and then the eruption happened before our eyes. >> reporter: this family evacuated after escaping the north bay wildfires last summer thinking they moved to paradise. >> you can't make this stuff up. >> the ground under where we were was shake, you could feel the ground moving, a constant vibration. the sound was intense, it was loud. there was a panic i didn't really, i wasn't thinking straight. >> reporter: according to the civil defense administrator, the volcanic activity will continue and shows no signs of slowing down. and another danger, residents are exposed to high levels of sulfur gas. until the air clears families

the pond eventually broke and the flow of lava made its way down the street in leilani. county officials have to go door to door warning people to evacuate. although we know some people refused to leave. the lava has destroyed 82 struck yours, 51 of them homes. >> a high school valedictorian used unconventional means to deliver his speech, a bullhorn. >> we must take what we learn in this community and apply it to the world we're about to encounter because we are the young people and we will continue to win. thank you. >> christian bales is a senior at holy cross high school in covington, kentucky. he wasn't allowed to make his speech at the graduation because the local catholic diocese ruled it was too political. bales sprinkled his speech with references to stronger gun laws and abortion rights. >>> 4:45, coming back to the bay area where we not only excel in sports but smarts. the "national geographic" champion is an eighth-grader from san ramon. education reporter explains what it takes to be a master ge geography. >>> the biggest prize of them all, national champion

homeowners in leilani estate, seeing lavas spewing out bombs. all of this from a newly formed crater full of bubbling lava. just yards away from one woman's home. >> you can't put words to it. you just have to see it. oh my goodness. >> reporter: that's one of the bigger ones. >> awesome, yes. >> reporter: residents compare the sounds of lava to more than a dozen jets taking off at once, which have been going on throughout the early morning hours and into the afternoon. this countryside of the big island was a place many consider to be paradise, but now. >> it's like a war zone, literally. i mean the video, even with the audio aspect, you can't catch the vibrations you'll feel in your chest and the ground and the windows shake. and it just goes on constantly. >> reporter: new fissures continue to surface in leilani estates where 2,000 people have been evacuated. this fissure opened up last night and this one this morning. plus the volcanic fence that have been silence for days have come rumbling back for life. four older fissures remain active p

gases, adding to the danger brought on by the lava, which has turned dozens of homes in the lush leilaniates subdivision into iobble. emergency officials say it's still too risky for most homeowners to return. >> this way. >> reporter: but we found one leilani resident who never left. are you not worried about the toxic gas? >> i'm not worried about anything. >> reporter: scott wiggers says he's been videotaping the destruction, documenting it for his neighbors, who may need to file insurance claims. >> it's hard to imagine, but when i was here, all of that lava was not there. it is just so devastating. >> reporter: there's been a change here at the volcano. the winds have died down and the ash is sort of just sitting above the crater. we can't see it as well because the air is so smoky. in fact, you can almost taste chalk in the air. scientists say the ash coming out of the volcano is not toxic, but these n-95 masks are really good at protecting you from the particles. jeff. >> glor: david begnaud in hawaii. thank you. victims of larry nassar who sued michigan state university will rece

so in leilani estates, the area where all of the lava erupting is occurring, they are really dealingthe real reality of the situation, whereas we in hilo and other parts of the island, we are feeling the effects but not to the degree those poor folks are. it's pretty crazy and that video is just as jarring for us to watch as it is for you around the world to see. ican imagine. so from where you are, can you see anything? actually no, i'm in hilo town. i normally watch everything through my computer but we have folks we send out that way to cover it and get some live updates and that sort of thing. does that mean you don't need to worry? i suppose these things are affected by wind direction, right? the sulphur dioxide is the big concern here and there's been a lot of that. civil defence have been saying for folks that have breathing problems, old folks, young people, to be careful of that. we're not getting any of that, even with the strong wind, i don't think we would get that in hilo but we do have a phenomena called vog, volcanic fog, we get on a regular basis, but it has been kept

another surfaced in leilani estates, where nearly 1,700 lysidents have been evacuated.this is fissure 20-d, and it only looks as though we've stumbled on the entrance to ngll. a mountain of black lava here, icurning lava behind it-- a small reminder of how much volcanic energy lurks beneath the surface. s her fissures, silent for days, have roared back to life. satellite images over the last two weeks show how much the volcano's main crater has expanded. we caught up with geologist elise rumpf. >> it is important to tell us the age of the lava because-- it's actually thrilling to be this close to a lava flow. ly reporter: not for the kelly family, one of 12,000 residents who got free protective masks on thursday, when the biggest eruption yet sent ash five miles into the sky. >> ash-fall is basically, silica, glass, and that's what you don't want in your mouth, in your throat, in your lungs. >> reporter: i'm standing on more than two weeks' worth of lava that overwhelmed the leilani estates and buried more than a dozen homes. the nearest fissure is where you see that st

i don't know what's going to be left of leilani.hink it might be wiped out. >> reporter: a seemingly endless supply of lava fueling steve's nightmare that his house will be lost to kilauea. stephanie elam, cnn, leilani estates, hawaii. >> what an image. what devastation there. >>> now to the u.s. gulf coast. the first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season is set to hit. get this. just as americans get ready to celebrate the holiday weekend. our meteorologist derek van dam here to tell us about it. >> it's very unfortunate timing, isn't it, george? a lot of people going to the beaches across the gulf coast. unfort notally that will be met with cloud cover, rain and potential for tropical storm force winds. here's subtropical storm alberto. and the latest update from the national hurricane center doesn't show any strengthening from its 2:00 a.m. update to 5:00 a.m. local time, but nonetheless, the storm is still looking very unorganized as it moves across the yucatan channel here. still sustained winds at 40 miles an hour. there's

with the eruption being active along this boundary, the communities of leilani estates severely hit by the events taking place there. you can go back as recently as 1983 when we began this particular area of the rift zone being impacted. 1986 we had an eruption that brought lava some 12 kilometers down towards the coast. 1992, we lost three villages and the communities across this region because of the lava. and at times the lava going to 35 meters in thickness. a couple hundred feet in thickness from 2012 to 2014, we saw this region where stephanie was kind of pointing out in her video there, some 200 hectares of land gained on the island alone. the island is growing very rapidly in the situation like this. makes it a very, very scary place to be. >> absolutely. when you explain that this can good on for months, those people will not be able to return to their how many times. their lives will be turned upside down. it is just horrifying to think what they're feeling at this time. pedram javaheri, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> appreciate that. >>> well, turkish leaders are assess

cnn spoke with a man who lives on a farm in that leilani area. listen to this. >> we're holding up good. i'm with 11 people that have been displaced and are homeless and workless right now, that were also working on my farm. and it's been a real shocker. the last day we were there, you know, just thursday, we were making a good-bye dinner for one of our friends, about to enjoy dinner and then cops show up and tell us we have to go. everything changed in an instant. we had five minutes to back your bags with what you think you're going to need and you're off. and i was in a supermarket when the 6.9 hit, which is one of the scariest places you can be. as you can imagine there's glass falling, bottles falling, things falling off the shelves. everybody is going crazy. and it last aid good 10, 15 seconds. you just become hyper aware of the situation. >> that leilani subdivision is at the center of the destruction. more cracks have opened up, releasing more lava. there's an even bigger threat on the horizon. >> alison chinchar is in the cnn weather cen

as you go down the hill, you can see that leilani avenue doesn't exist anymore.verything's all gone. at one point lava burst more than 200 feet into the air, higher than nelson's column in trafalgar square. at the crater of kilauea, geologists are using time—lapse videos to keep watch. but even the experts say that predicting the behaviour of a magma plumbing system which extends a0 miles beneath the earth is practically impossible. they are particularly concerned about gas stored in this geothermal plant near one of the fissures, and about sulphur dioxide in the island air, which can prove deadly. this could go on for months, but there is nothing anyone can do about it, except to gaze in awe. james cook, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — where motorsport and gardening collide, literally. it's the start of the annual lawnmower racing championships. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the qu

. >> reporter: this is leilani estates, overwhelmed by a river of molten misery. lava has burned and buried more than a dozen homes here. 1700 people fled. some returned to broken homes and hearts. imagine this giant crack running under your house. active fissures push out new lava every day. most of it flows into the pacific ocean, away from people. but some lava menaced this geothermal plant. workers stabilized 11 wells to prevent the release of uncontrolled toxic gases. officials now call the plant essentially safe, but many residents remain skeptical. >> i feel we were lied to. we were told things were taken care of, and then we find out, no, they were not taken care of. >> reporter: and one of the world's most active volcanoes shows no sign of quieting down. u.s.g.s. geologist steve brantley: >> based on the geologic history of the volcano, the fissure activity could actually become a little bit larger. >> reporter: this is the northeast edge of leilani estates. behind me, you see one of four active fissures here pumping nonstop and creating an enormous lake

at least 71 have been destroyed in the leilani estates. 20 of them in the last 48 hours alone. lava flow also causing officials to close part of a major highway today. geologists say at least eight separate fissures remain active. >>> back here in the bay area, it's a squishy situation in pacifica. take a look. jellyfish are known to wash ashore in the late spring, but this year tens of thousands of them are blanketing the beach. these ones are called moon jellies. they don't really sting, so beachgoers weren't too worried about it. >> it doesn't really make me that nervous because there's a lot of people that are already in there, and i'm assuming if they were stinging, people probably wouldn't have stayed in there for that long. >> well said. jellyfish aren't swimmers. they float in and out with the current. when you get onshore currents and winds, the jellies float ashore. >>> from jellyfish to rattlesnakes. as the weather heats up, we're going to see an increase in rattlers. pest companies say they're getting a lot more calls this year. we're in benicia this evening where o

cnn spoke to a man who lives on the farm in the leilani area.> caller: we're holding up good. i'm with 11 people that have been displaced and are homeless and workless right now that were also working on my farm. and it's been a real shocker. the last day we were there, you know, just thursday, we were making a good-bye dinner for one of our friends. we were making the dinner, about to enjoy the dinner, and the cops tell us we have to go. everything changed in a instant. we have five minutes to pack what you think you'll need. i was in the supermarket, one of the scariest places to be. glass feeling, things falling off the shows, yankees going crazy. last -- everybody's going crazy. lasted about 10, 15 seconds. i became hyper aware of the situation. >> where he lives, the leilani subdivision, is at the center of most of the destruction. the large fissures or cracks have opened up there. at least six of them. and they're releasing more of this lava. there's an even bigger threat on the horizon, we should point out. >> allison chinchar is in the w

as you go down the hill you can see that leilani avenue doesn't exist any more.atch. but even the experts say that predicting the behaviour of a magma plumbing system which extends a0 miles beneath the earth is practically impossible. they are particularly concerned about gas stored in this geothermal plant near one of the fissures. and about sulphur dioxide in the island air which can prove deadly. this could go on for months but there is nothing anyone can do about it, except to gaze in awe. james cook, bbc news. wales's mark williams has been crowned snooker world champion after a tense final at the crucible in sheffield. the welshman went into this evening's final session 15 frames to ten in the lead. but despite a mini—comeback by scotland's john higgins, williams held on and sealed victory. he takes the title for the third time and picks up prize money of £a25,000. as pressures on the nhs increase, a senior government advisor has warned that the health service could be bankrupted by people's lifestyle choices. nick harding from nhs england says urgent actio

and that crater could more than 10 miles from the leilani estates. it's more than 25 miles from the center of the volcano. that lava travelled a great distan when that floor caved in, that lava traveled all along the east zone, all the way out to the estates. as that lava pushed further along, it formed cracks in the surface. these cracks are called fissures. there are been ten fissures so far. all but one of them have closed up. so there's only one that's still active. imagine you take a hose and you puncture it ten times. well, it's going to shoot water out of those holes. now imagine that same holes you puncture it just one time, all that added pressure, but with one escape route, goes way up into the air. because of that, that added pressure has shot lava 330 feet in the air. now, a similar eruption to this one lasted 88 days back in 1955. there's no prediction for how long this one's going to last. it could very well be a while. that's the latest, guys. back to you. >> wow, fascinating, lonnie, thank you. the garden hose. >> a really good descri

neighborhood. >> the eruption rate currently in leilani estates could pick up. so far it's been pretty small, but the additional material coming down the pipeline literally could involve itself at some point and actually lead to more high volume lava flows. >> so the national guard is also handling security and also monitoring air quality because concerns from those sulfur dioxide emission levels that accompany most of these fountains of lava that are coming out, they say those store-bought masks are no good at all. also we have a full screen that shows how each vent or fissure in the area and where it's located. this molten rock in one case shot up 240 feet in the air. we spoke to one woman who actually arrived here this week to buy a house in that neighborhood. >> did you know that you may have been buying a piece of property literally on top of a river of molten lava? >> you know, we heard, hey, it is a high lava zone your insurance is a little bit higher but life is a risk, so we thought forget it. we heard before we left that it was erupting but we didn't r

what can you tell us about this leilani subdivision that's been harmed by the latest acivity?over 1700 people live in the subdivision but ithe highest ranking of a hazard zoni on tland, south hazard zone one. so people were aware, i think, that they have some risk, but the last eruption in this area was in 1955. so i think people were under the impression that nothing may happen for a while. >> professor michael garcia, thank you for your time. >> you're very welcome. >> nawaz: now to a barn-burner of a race. tomorrow republicavoters in west virginia chose their candidate to run against democratic senator joe manchin in november. it's one of the g.o.p.'s best chances to pick up a u.s. senate seat it is also a test of the trump factor, with a controversial candidate aiming for the president's outsideromentum even as two other top candidates have mr. trump's support. lisa desjardins reports >> desjardins: in the mounin state, a wild primary race and a republican family feud. >> it's gotten a little mean spirited atimes. >> silly. >> ugly. >> chaos. >> desjardins: the top two can

leilani estates residents had a few hours to go back and collect what they could."gings and get back out." they had just one word to describe what they saw.victor you just came from your home first time since last week what was it like?it was devastating.devastating it's devastatingevacuees facing tough choices about what to keep and what to abandon."i think for me it's just taking the memories with us. to me it was important to bring the things that made me feel like home while it's not home where i'll end up which i don't know where that is right now.""it was hard it was really hard if it's there or not when you come back.""got all my stuff my hat my ukulele my computer and my medicine because i only had 20 minutes to get out. brudduh said you gotta get out 5-6 cop cars in front of the house ha ha" "hi sweetie." beloved pets were reunited with their owners though the kindness of strangers. "theres people there that are just going to peoples houses, they are angels right now. they been going to peoples houses one in the morning they got these two last night at one

we went to leilani estates, evacuation zone.he cracks is killing just about all of the vegetation around it. when it comes to the sulphur dioxide gas, it is toxic and officials are telling people to worry about and mask, get away from it and get as far away from it as you can. time for a look at the weather with matt taylor the mornings may be chilly but warming up under strong sunshine. a lot of cloud, you can see the satellite imagery is high cloud turning the sunshine hazy. thick cloud in parts of scotland and northern ireland bringing rain here and there. the rest of the uk is dry as temperatures peak in the mid—to late teens. any cloud melts away and turning clear in the north and west. the greens are appearing widely and thatis the greens are appearing widely and that is an indication of another chilly night, particularly to parts of scotla nd chilly night, particularly to parts of scotland and eastern england where we could see temperatures low enough for a touch of frost on the grass again. particularly in the countrysid

steve gebbie/ leilani estates resident:"it almost feels like it is going to fill in the basin.t happens, that's when all hell is going to break loose at the top." the kilauea volcano has been erupting for three weeks. it as destroyed a total of 82 structures, that includes about 37 homes. (justine) now take a look at this -- new pictures from nasa show a camera getting toasted and roasted during a space-x launch. a nasa photographer set up a bunch of cameras to capture last week's launch from vandenberg air force base in california. but the launch started a brush fire, which as you can see... overtakes and melts the camera, which kept on taking pictures until the very end. the camera was about a quarter-mile from the launchsite. interestingly enough, it was the furthest camera away from the site. the camera was later found completely charred. but the memory card was still intact. (mabrisa)(mabrisa)i have your forecast later on... (justine) plus... hear from a woman who áaccidentally sat down on a needle on a bart train... and now has to endure more than a year of testing and me