In Hawaii, Kilauea's eruption begins mother nature's summer assaults on US

Article below was originally published on June 1st when Kilauea was slowly erupting. As of July 23rd, Kilauea is still erupting and has created a new island next to the mainland of the big island.

The Hawaiian islands were created by volcanoes and tectonic plates. The Hawaiian Goddess Pele is the goddess of volcanoes,  For the last millions of years, volcanic ash has both threatened Hawaii and given it some of the most fertile lands in the world. There are five volcanoes that form the Hawaiian islands. Last Thursday, the most active volcano Kilauea reached a long overdue boiling point on the big island of Hawaii in the far east of Hawaii. The eruption was triggered by a small earthquake in the ring of fire called the Pacific region. Kilauea has long been a local and natural tourist attracts for local Hawaiians and visitors. It has been erupting for the last 100 years. The last eruption on a similar scale as this week's eruption was in 1985. The locals are well aware that the volcano could cause a large disaster and displaced them. So far 2000 local residents have been evacuated from the Lelani Estates, 3 miles south of Pahoa which is 23 miles from the big island's capital Hilo. Pahoa experienced its own lava flow threats in 2014.

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