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New eruptions at Hawaii volcano send lava closer to power plant: 'No one has faced this before'

May 23, 2018 USATODAY - News Top Stories

Denise Laitinen and John Bacon, USA TODAY New eruptions at Hawaii volcano send lava closer to power plant: 'No one has faced this before'

Civil defense authorities in Hawaii were scrambling to firm up contingency plans after lava flowing from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano reached the edge of a power plant. The lava flow entered the property of the Puna Geothermal Venture Plant before stalling at a berm 300 yards from a geothermal well.