VIDEO: Lava burns third Kalapana home in six months January 19, 2011 This text will be replaced Video and field report courtesy Leigh Hilbert The lava flow in Kalapana has claimed its third structure in 6 months. Peggy Fallwind’s lava-side residence – home of the “Lavatics” as the signs outside read – was destroyed Tuesday morning. The lava lobe that eventually claimed Fallwind’s structure came quick. Earlier in the evening, witnesses say the lava advance had slowed to a near halt. The sudden destruction came quickly, although the moment was in the making for the last week or so. Leigh Hilbert provides a field report, with some footage of the burned out home. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory issued this Kiluaea volcano activity update for Wednesday: The November 29 flow (1,200 ft elevation tube breach) was still active in two main branches, each branch continued to host scattered breakouts. The western branch may have stalled – it is no longer feeding lava into the ocean. In Kalapana, the lowest active lobes of the eastern branch were inflating and slowly advancing eastward and southward through a kipuka, in which lava-induced fires sometimes burned and methane blasts were possible.
