Tuesday, 8 May 2018 ()
By Terray Sylvester PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Lava spewing in fountains up to 300 feet (90 meters) high from an erupting Hawaiian volcano has destroyed 35 homes and other buildings, officials said on Monday, warning residents allowed brief visits to their properties to be prepared to flee at a moment's notice. Many of the 1,700 people under orders to evacuate from the Leilani Estates neighbourhood on the eastern corner of the Big Island were permitted to return home during daylight hours on Sunday and Monday, during a lull in seismic activity from Kilauea.