Hawaii County Civil Defense ordered residents from one road in Puna to evacuate on Mother's Day after the 17th fissure carrying lava from Kilauea volcano opened overnight, while vacation rental operators in the area were ordered to cease operations.
The new fissure, measuring about 1,000 feet long, opened to the west of Highway 132 on Halekamahina Loop Road, where residents were ordered to evacuate Sunday morning. Hawaii County Civil Defense said in an alert issued at 5:45 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time…
