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Hawaii island still recovering from the historic 2018 Kilauea eruption

By Ronit Fahl/Special to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser

May 1, 2021

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Signs posted at Leilani Estates in Pahoa on Hawaii island.
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Fissure 9 on Moku Street in Leilani Estates continues to emit steam and sulfurous gases.
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New-growth ferns poke through the brittle lava by Fissure 8, the largest of 24 fissures to open during the 2018 eruption in Lower Puna. In March, the vent was officially renamed Ahu‘aila‘au, a reference to the altar of the volcano deity ‘Aila‘au.
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Signs posted at Leilani Estates in Pahoa on Hawaii island.
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Steam and sulfurous gases continue to emanate in Leilani Estates in Pahoa on Hawaii island.
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Steam and volcanic gases rise up around some of the rubble left behind by the 2108 eruption in Leilani Estates in Lower Puna.
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A plant sprouts from hardened lava within Leilani Estates in Pahoa on Hawaii island.
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Howard Konanui, 66, lived in Leilani Estates during the 2018 Kilauea eruption. He describes what it was like to evacuate his home in Pahoa on Hawaii island.
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Howard Konanui, 66, lived in Leilani Estates during the 2018 Kilauea eruption. He describes what it was like to evacuate his home in Pahoa on Hawaii island.
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Leilani Avenue, the main road through the rural Leilani Estates subdivision, comes to an abrupt end where a fast-moving lava channel was built up during the 2018 Kilauea eruption.
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Fissure 8 was the most active lava fissure during the 2018 eruption in the Leilani Estates neighborhood in Pahoa on Hawaii island.
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Fissure 8 was the most active lava fissure formed during the 2018 eruption in the Leilani Estates neighborhood in Pahoa on Hawaii island.
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A resident of Leilani Estates rides his bike near Fissure 8, the most active lava fissure during the 2018 eruption in Pahoa on Hawaii island.
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