learned that lava is about 175 yards away from a critical and major intersection here on the big island. if that were to happen, it would likely isolate anyone in the area who hasn t evacuated yet. now, even though the flows of lava have slowed down, geologists say the volcano and its fissures are starting to expand in its path of destruction. in 24 hour period lava reached 10 more homes bringing the total to at least 87 houses destroyed. those who have evacuated are returning today and bracing for the reality that they may have lost everything. it s kind of scary, but it is thrilling at the same time. you know, but it s scary. she worries a lot about it. i ve nevada been homeless, you know i ve never been homeless, you know. yeah, neither one of us have ever been homeless the county has issued a mandatory evacuation order. what that means is if you are not supposed to be back in the lava zone, you could be fined or face arrest. if you own a home and haven t left, authorities
day, spreading across an area three times the size of new york central park. we have to wear these protective masks because the sulfur levels are too dangerous. behind us, we see the big, black wall of cooled lava. beyond that, there is a lawful pool. that is what we are worried about. any moment, that wall could correct, and you have a wave of lava gushing toward us. the size break on the water, gush out, that is how dangerous it could be. the lobby has burned and gone it s way over roads, leaving out a devastated subject divisions. with few escape routes remainin remaining, many are leaving at all. be a hub connections but it is not fair to put other people s life at risk. the county estimates that 1,000 people are still living here in the lava zone, full of sulfur dioxide and earthquakes. thank you very much.
been terrorized by some of these glasses associated with kilauea and the continuing eruption over the last couple weeks. but from this vantage point, you can see kilauea is truly not slowing down at least for now. and it looks like that is the takeaw takeaway, it is not letting up at all. the heat is going into the ocean, 40 plus homes have been destroyed, you ve been talking to all the residents. and it looks like from your vantage point this isn t ending anytime soon. reporter: yeah, and people are getting tired. some people have been staying at the shelters and then they have just decided to go back into their homes even if they are quite close to the lava zone. 80 plus subjects have been lost. half of those about has been homes. and so the impact of this is absolutely devastating. the big story is actually beyond where we can see in these fissures that continue to bubble up. and they are really taking homes that are going down streets that have previously not seen a whole
it s going to go. the small screen will show you how these eruptions, cracks are clustered in one neighborhood of leal in. 770 homes. people are not insured there. i talked to one woman who arrived this week to buy a house in leilani estates. we heard at higher lava zone your insurance is higher, but we even heard before we left that it was erupting, but we didn t realize how much or what was happening. is this a surprise to people living there? it shouldn t be, but everybody kind of takes it for granted. when it happens, would you do? you re living on a volcano. it s happened before and it s going to happen again. you want to buy some land in leilani estates. the sad part is they couldn t get insurance because they built
for some time? yeah. sort of. i mean, luckily, i have a lot in pahoa that doesn t have anything on it. you know, worst case scenario, we ll set up some tents there. i know some of my living partners in my house, they help me manage the place, they are staying on that lot now in pahoa town. they have some vans that they re sleeping in. and i know that right around the corner from there, there s the pahoa center where they have some beds and cots for people, too. so that s kind of like depending on how long this goes, you know, kind of had my eggs in one basket, taking a risk. right. and two houses in the same lava zone, i guess. and it almost paid off. oh, my goodness. well, hope that when you get back, your houses are okay.