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lava is rapidly advancing through communities

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How do you keep people safe when lava is rapidly advancing through communities? This was just one of the topics addressed during the Cities on Volcanoes 10 meeting in Naples, Italy, last week. Lava flows recently erupted from Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone inundated hundreds of homes in the lower Puna District of Hawai‘i Island. Here, lava enters the Pacific Ocean south of the remaining homes in Kapoho Beach Lots subdivision on June 6, 2018.

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