Mayor reflects on destruction of Kapoho

  • HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Lava flows into the ocean after covering Vacationland, Kapoho Bay and most of Kapoho Beach Lots Wednesday.

  • HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Lava continues to fountain from fissure No. 8 Wednesday in Leilani Estates.

  • Photos by HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald

    Lava continues to fountain from fissure No. 8 on Wednesday in Leilani Estates.

  • U.S. Geological Survey map

The devastation was swift and nearly absolute.