historic record which has covered the last 200 years occur quite a ways from any population center many tens of miles. different parts of the volcano are more or less steep. the steepness of the volcano explains how fast it can travel down the coast and to population centers. the current eruption is in the northeast sector of the volcano where the slopes are the most gentle. in the past lava flows there have reached population centers, it s taken multiple weeks. there would be plenty of warning if that were to be how the eruptions proceed. how long may this erupt proceed for? what can we expect about progress based on previous eruptions? so there s a range of activity that happens at mauna loa. the eruptions tend to happen in
russian military. cnn international security editor nick peyton wall sunshine in nick paton walsh has more. reporter: in ukraine s south multiple areas held by the russians, some for a matter of months. we have seen people emerging in large numbers out of kherson. there are gaps in the russian control of checkpoints. some days it is impossible and the cars queue for tens of miles. other days they re waved through. in kherson, we just heard that officials, ukrainian officials are concerned that those trying to leave are indeed being abused. this is increasingly hard to get out and increasing signs of russian elements and daily life there. the internet taken down now, locals saying you may need to get a russian passport to get a russian sim card to operate on future cell phone services there. and also too the russian ruble having been in evidence as a
to the car and left the city. we saw, like, a rocket went above us somewhere near. so we just cover our heads and started to pray. my mum was crying, i was terrified. all this as a massive convoy of russian armoured vehicles, stretching for tens of miles, is heading towards the capital kyiv. five people were killed after russia attacked a tv tower there. the president of ukraine said, nobody will break us. we are fighting for our land, for ourfreedom. nobody shall occupy our country, our citizens. back in kharkiv, there is deep hurt over what is happening. the city s closeness with russia isn t just about geography. many people there speak russian more than ukrainian.
the absence of clear military victories. isa? and, salma, on that point, where are we on the humanitarian corridor? some were promised we saw last week, not all russian stick to their promitions of letting civilians through. we are are we expecting more humanitarian corridors in the next few days? reporter: a green corridor set to reopen towards mariupol. there is a convoy trying to make its way there the last two days. they still have tens of miles to go before they can arrive in mariupol. it is a huge convoy with aid, help, assistance. it s led by orthodox priests who want to get into that city. again, mariupol has been cut off from electricity, food, water, basic supplies. what we hear from accounts from eyewitnesses inside mariupol is absolutely horrifying. people unable to get their basic medicines, unable to provide for their families, apparently
air conditioning units that are tied onto this building here, they re rusted, how rustd are they, we ll find out when 90-mile-an-hour sustained winds hit them and try to move them and it drops down to a sustained gust and comes back. will that ac unit be a projectile into another building that may in fact be fortified. god forbid. last point for right now and then we ll go to break. i ve been telling people when that band comes see it as a taste, only a taste of what will come some 20-plus hours from now when irma is here but also to see moments like this as opportunity. if you ve been told to get out, because now you can see, now you can handle things, now you can drive. is that a fair assess p. i think it s fair assessment. i m not so sure about driving. driving will have to be tens of miles, not hundreds of miles. if off friend inland, ten, 20 miles, absolutely, take break, you see the wind bands die down, get in the kashgs git to that friend s house whose home hopefully more fo