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HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
New but small breakouts continued Friday upslope of the flow front on Hawaii island, around the area where lava first entered ground cracks (halfway between the Puu Oo vent and the flow front).
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The June 27 Kilauea lava flow advanced 50 yards between Friday and Saturday, Hawaii County Civil Defense said after an aerial assessment.
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said that the leading edge of the flow is 1.2 miles upslope from Apaa Street and 1.9 miles from Pahoa Village Road. It is about 10.4 miles in a straight-line distance from the Puu Oo vent.
Surface flows remain active upslope with continued scattered breakouts where the lava first entered ground cracks about 5 miles behind the flow front, scientists said.
A narrow finger at the flow front is moving along the tree line and the burning activity with that is producing a significant amount of smoke. There was no brush fire threat Saturday, when the burning kept to the edges of the flow, Civil Defense said.
The flow front had stalled for several days, but began moving again Wednesday.
Since Wednesday, a narrow flow about 75 yards wide has advanced downslope by 345 yards, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said on its website.
Daily updates, as well as recent maps and photos, are posted on the observatory and Civil Defense websites, hvo.wr.usgs.gov and www.hawaiicounty.gov/active-alerts/.
Another way to keep informed is through Volcano Activity Notices (VANs) distributed through the U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Notification Service. This free service sends notification emails about volcanic activity happening at monitored volcanoes in the United States. You can sign up online to receive VANs at volcanoes.usgs.gov/vns/.