Originally published by Denise Sze .
There is no question – we seldom think about property losses occurring from lava flow. However, in rare instances, such losses do happen. Lava is the Earth’s way of creating new land, and if it wasn’t for lava flows we wouldn’t have the beautiful islands that make up Hawaii. Hollywood has portrayed images of volcanic eruptions where fiery molten rock flows downhill faster than automobiles can get out of the way, consuming everything in its path. In real life, there are different types of lava flows and ‘a’a is the Hawaiian name for a very, very slow lava flow. In fact, ‘a’a is lava that creeps out of a volcano or earth fissure.
Since June of this year, the big island of Hawai’i has been watching an ‘a’a flow, known as the Puna flow from the Kilauea volcano, slowly creep towards the town of Pahoa. Over the course of four months, residents of Pahoa have been watching the lava flow carefully because the slow creeping…
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