Scientists Say Hawaii Volcano Eruption Has No End In Sight 
 
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 Updated at 10:25 p.m. That could happen because as lava continues to sink in a lake inside a Kilauea crater, an influx of groundwater could interact with the lava to create steam explosions.  PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - The Kilauea volcano erupted again on Tuesday, spewing toxic gases out of two new vents and prompting authorities to call for an immediate evacuation of residents from a second neighborhood on the Big Island. Earlier in the day U.S. Army veteran Delance Weigel, 71, collected some of his prized possessions as steam and sulfur dioxide gas rose out of cracks in the street. Two additional volcanic vents — the 13th and 14th — erupted Tuesday in the Leilani Estates area, where roughly 1,700 residents were asked to evacuate last week. Earlier on Tuesday residents of the hardest hit area, known as Leilani Estates, drove through clouds of sulfur and over cracked roads to make desperate and possibly last visits home before another eruption by Kilauea, which has already destroyed 35 homes and other structures. The County of Hawaii Civil Defense Agency issued an emergency bulletin ordering residents of the Lanipuna Gardens area on the east side of the island to leave their homes.
– Authorities have warned of no end in sight to volcanic activity responsible for hundreds of earthquakes and the destruction of dozens of homes on Hawaii's Big Island. Case in point: After a 24-hour lull, two new volcano fissures opened up in the Lanipuna Gardens area Tuesday afternoon—at least one home was destroyed—prompting a warning for the area's 250 residents to "evacuate now," report Hawaii News Now and Reuters. The fissures join 12 other vents, covering 2.5 miles, in the Leilani Estates neighborhood, where 1,700 were evacuated. Though activity has calmed there, Kilauea's ongoing eruption "could last days, weeks, years," a volcanologist tells NPR. "As long as there's magma supplying the system we're expecting more of the same," adds USGS volcanologist Wendy Stovall. At CNN, geologist Einat Lev explains that Kilauea's "effusive fissure eruption" is resulting in lava flows that are slow-moving but threatening nonetheless. "While we cannot tell how long this eruption will last, we can do our best to predict where the lava will go," Lev says. Using constantly updated maps and heat cameras, experts are tracking magma as it flows beneath communities, trying to determine where pressure will force a new fissure to open and how much lava and ash might escape. Other concerns include sulfur dioxide gas, which could turn to acid rain with precipitation expected Thursday or Friday, reports KTLA, and the possibility of explosive eruptions that send boulders flying through the air, which geologists warned about Wednesday, per the AP. Scientists are trying to look on the bright side, though. "The things that we will learn in the wake of this eruption will change the way we see volcanoes for the future," Stovall says.