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Kahauale‘a 2 flow continues moving through remote forest

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The Kahauale‘a 2 flow remains active, with scattered pāhoehoe breakouts driving slow advancement of the flow field through the forest. Breakouts at the flow margins trigger forest fires, and numerous plumes of smoke. Today, the flow front was 8.2 km (5.1 miles) northeast of the vent on Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō.