This is a Civil Defense update for Thursday May 3, 2018 at 5 PM. Department of Public Works reports steam and lava emissions from a crack in Leilani Subdivision in the area of Mohala Street. Due to the eruption, the following are issued: • A mandatory evacuation is now in effect for residents in Leilani Estates Subdivision located from Luana Street down to Mohala Street including the lower end of […]
UPDATE: 5 p.m. A new lava flow opened up in Leilani Estates in lower Puna shortly after 4 p.m., prompting Hawaii County Civil Defense officials to start evacuating residents. A plume shot up over the large East Hawaii subdivision. The evacuation area stretches from Luana Street to Pohoiki Road, said Kanani Aton of Civil Defense. American Red Cross officials said they are opening a shelter at the Pahoa Community Center […]
UPDATE: 4:20 p.m. Hawaii County Civil Defense officials say the agency is on “high alert on a 24-hour basis for the possibility of a volcanic eruption in the lower Puna area.” The entire county emergency response team has been activated, officials said. They also issued a new map of the high-risk areas, which run from Puu Oo crater down to Kapoho, including Leilani Estates and Kaohe Homesteads. “All areas bordering […]
Update: Hawaii County officials are advising lower Puna residents to be prepared to evacuate should a new eruption occur on Kilauea’s East Rift Zone. Seismicity remained high in the area Wednesday, including around Leilani Estates, where residents reported frequent shaking. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists also responded to a report of cracks forming on Kahukai Street. Petra Wiesenbauer said she saw the cracks near her home, and they appeared to be […]
After being medevaced to O'ahu and undergoing a heart procedure just days ago, Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim is back to work. Doctors informed the Mayor that he suffered two heart attacks, one in Hilo and the other in Honolulu. Mayor Kim has now had a total of five heart attacks all together. Just 10 years ago he underwent triple bypass surgery. There was a 10-year lifespan on the valves […]
KAILUA-KONA — The Mauna Lani Bay Hotel &Bungalows will shut its doors in October, sending roughly 400 employees back out into the job market. Then, roughly 14 months later, the resort will reopen to the public and invite each employee back to his or her original position at the same salary and tenure, as well as hire around 100 extra workers to staff the revamped property following large-scale renovations projected […]
