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CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY Date: May 22, 2018
MEDIA UPDATE Time: 6:00 AM
Update: #2
Incident: East Rift Zone Eruption
This is a Civil Defense Message for Tuesday, May 22 at 6:00 in the morning.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory continues to monitor active flows. Fissure 6 reactivated last night
and has been erupting since around midnight. The flows from Fissure 6 are slowly flowing closer
to PGV property.
Due to this activity, the following policies are in effect:
At this time this situation will be closely monitored. There is no immediate threat to any of
the wells at PGV.
Due to the laze hazard at the lava ocean entry stay out of the plume
Due to hazardous conditions, the following roads are closed and all are asked to stay out of the
area:
Highway 137 is closed between Kamaili Road and Pohoiki Road.
Kamaili Road is closed to all thru traffic.
An eruption community information meeting will be held at the Pahoa High cafeteria on Tuesday,
May 22 at 5:30 in the evening.
The residents of lower Puna are going through a very difficult time. We ask for your help by
avoiding the affected areas if possible. Thank you for your understanding.
We are on watch 24-hours a day for your safety.
This is your Hawai‘i County Civil Defense.