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Breathtaking, not destructive
HILO — Kilauea volcano ended a
nearly three-day pause in the lower
Puna eruption Saturday when a 16th fissure
opened about a half-mile northeast
of Lanipuna Gardens.
The vent was spattering lava in a forested
area and no homes or roads were
threatened.
Jim Kauahikaua, a geophysicist with
the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, said
the vent’s activity had diminished by
the afternoon, when it had covered an
area 200-300 yards long and about 100
yards wide. Lava was moving away from
Lanipuna.
“It was quite spectacular while it was
going,” he said.
At 7 p.m., Civil Defense said in a
message that another fissure — No. 17
— opened about “100 meters below 16.”
Minor spattering was still occurring at
No. 16, though there was no significant
lava flow.
No other fissures were ejecting lava
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HELPING
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Kona Moms form
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RECREATING
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Lava erupts from fissure No. 16 on Saturday morning, northeast of Lanipuna Gardens.
16TH, 17TH FISSURE OPEN IN LANIPUNA GARDENS; PGV NOT IN PATH OF NEW LAVA
BY TOM CALLIS
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
Lava erupts from fissure No. 16 on Saturday morning northeast of
SEE LAVA PAGE 7A Lanipuna Gardens. PHOTOS BY HOLLYN JOHNSON/TRIBUNE-HERALD
‘Aloha prevails’
DOZENS PRAY FOR BILLY
KENOI IN KEAUHOU
BY CAMERON MICULKA
WEST HAWAII TODAY
cmiculka@westhawaiitoday.com
KEAUHOU — Under sunny skies
and steps away from the waters of
Keauhou Bay, about two dozen people
joined hands and shared prayers, oli and
stories in support of Billy Kenoi and the
people of Hawaii.
“In everything he did, he spoke aloha,”
said Michelle Kaulumahiehie Amaral.
“So this was a perfect opportunity to be
here to pray for him, to lift him up with
aloha.”
The event, hosted by the Keauhou
Canoe Club, was one of several planned
locally on the island, on the mainland,
in Europe and in Japan.
Roberta Wong Murray, one of the
organizers of Saturday’s event, said
when the prayer would start at noon,
Hawaii time, 40 dancers would simultaneously
perform in Japan.
Kenoi, who was Hawaii County’s
mayor from 2008-16, was diagnosed
in late 2015 with myelofibrosis, a rare
chronic leukemia. Kenoi underwent a
bone marrow transplant and, in late
March, announced the cancer had
returned and he would undergo chemotherapy
and treatment over the next
month.
Many of those who attended
Saturday’s prayer spoke of Kenoi’s aloha.
“He has so much aloha,” Murray said.
“He’s a man with a big heart, a big, big
heart, and my heart goes out to him now
and his family, of course.”
Murray said after her husband was
Friends join hands at a prayer
service for former Mayor Billy
Kenoi Saturday at Keauhou Bay.
LAURA RUMINSKI/WEST HAWAII TODAY
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