other. reporter: his fear turned to fact. the fissures have banded together into a massive volcanic complex. kilauea s eruption is callous in its haphazardness, leaving residents who haven t lost their homes with a sick vein of hope each day. how do you feel being back here right now? a little numb. at this point, we re kind of numb. it s been three weeks. the heartbreaks slowly. reporter: just a few hundred feet from this driveway, lava continues to ooze closer. it s already taken out some homes here. swallowed by the unforgiving molten rock. tin roofs at rest in a sea of black. it almost looks like it s going to fill in this basin and then i m when that happens is when all hell is going to break loose at the top. reporter: we were just standing down here five minutes ago and there was no lava fountain to be taken but look at this now. it s like it came out of nowhere. you can hear it. the ash is blowing around. we re told by residents that as early as this morning, this