bursts through the ground. you can see here on this map this morning the 16th vent opened up. you can seize the red spot on the map. that indicates the fissures, the newest one is just to the east or to the right of that spot, close to a geothermal energy plant and a residential subdivision. it s from these vents in the ground where the molten rock lava has burst above ground and flowed into neighborhoods and destroyed 26 homes and other structures. scientists observing this latest vent say so far it has only had a mild spattering of lava, barely enough to call it an eruption but of course that could change at any time and cause more trouble. right now, as i mentioned before, 2,000 people who live near these vents have been evacuated. hundreds are without power and really there s no end in sight because officials say this kind of activity could actually go on for months. molly, back to you. molly: months and homes could be obviously completely
vents. this is where the lava literally bursts through the ground. you can see here on this map this morning the 16th vent opened up. you can seize the red spot on the map. that indicates the fissures, the newest one is just to the east or to the right of that spot, close to a geothermal energy plant and a residential subdivision. it s from these vents in the ground where the molten rock lava has burst above ground and flowed into neighborhoods and destroyed 26 homes and other structures. scientists observing this latest vent say so far it has only had a mild spattering of lava, barely enough to call it an eruption but of course that could change at any time and cause more trouble. right now, as i mentioned before, 2,000 people who live near these vents have been evacuated. hundreds are without power and really there s no end in sight because officials say this kind of activity could actually go on for months. molly, back to you. molly: months and homes could be obviously completely