Chain of Craters Road in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was closed briefly after a landslide covered one lane of the road below Kealakomo on Sunday. Crews used a backhoe and dump truck to remove debris and the road reopened Monday afternoon, according to a park spokeswoman. No one was injured in the incident. Here, heavy equipment operator Herbert Botelho uses a backhoe to clear the road. He removed approximately 100 cubic yards of lava rock and debris from the roadway.
Chain of Craters Road in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was closed briefly after a landslide covered one lane of the road below Kealakomo on Sunday. Crews used a backhoe and dump truck to remove debris and the road reopened Monday afternoon, according to a park spokeswoman. No one was injured in the incident. Here, heavy equipment operator Herbert Botelho uses a backhoe to clear the road. He removed approximately 100 cubic yards of lava rock and debris from the roadway.
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