The June 27 lava flow remained “very quiet” Wednesday morning with little activity seen along its edges, Hawaii County Civil Defense Administrator Darryl Oliveria said.
The June 27 lava flow remained “very quiet” Wednesday morning with little activity seen along its edges, Hawaii County Civil Defense Administrator Darryl Oliveria said.
But ongoing inflation along the flow, including near its front, suggests that lava continues to be fed to Pahoa even if it’s staying under the lava’s hardened crust for now.
“HVO (Hawaiian Volcano Observatory) has been very good about relaying to us that they are seeing inflation on the pad from the flow front all the way up the slope,” Oliveira told reporters shortly before noon Wednesday.
“That just tells us there may still be material making its way down to the flow front.”
The front has been stalled about 480 feet from Pahoa Village Road since Thursday.
Mike Poland, HVO geologist, said scientists will assess how much lava is being fed from Pu‘u ‘O‘o later today.
He said those findings should be included in HVO’s evening report.
Oliveira said the county is not considering building a berm around the Pahoa Transfer Station on Apa‘a Street at this time.
He said breakouts 0.5 and 1.5 miles above the transfer station showed no sign of advancement.