Editing Pāhoa, Hawaii (section)

==History==
===2014 lava flow===
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[[File:Kilauea-flow-map 01.jpg|thumb|A map showing the flow direction of the June 25th Lava Flow (as of November 24, 2014)]]

In June 2014, a [[lava flow]] dubbed the June 27th flow started running from a vent in the [[Pu{{okina}}u {{okina}}Ō{{okina}}ō]] cone in a northeast direction towards the villages of [[Kaohe Homesteads|Ka'ohe Homesteads]] and Pāhoa.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Choi|first1=Kenny|title=New Video: Pu'u O'o crater develops new outlet for lava|url=http://www.kitv.com/news/puu-oo-crater-develops-new-outlet-for-lava/26705312|access-date=27 October 2014|work=KITV 4|agency=kitv.com|date=27 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708131023/http://www.kitv.com/news/puu-oo-crater-develops-new-outlet-for-lava/26705312|archive-date=8 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lava on track to reach Pahoa in two weeks|url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20140919_Lava_flow_slows_widens_as_it_reaches_open_field.html|access-date=27 October 2014|work=Honolulu Star Advertiser|date=9 September 2014}}</ref>

In early September it appeared that the lava flow was en route to the small community of Ka'ohe Homesteads.  Community leaders and state officials began to draw up plans for evacuations and the mayor signed an emergency proclamation as the flow approached to within 0.8 miles, a distance it was expected to cover in approximately a week.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nakaso|first1=Dan|last2=Moseley|first2=Megan|title=Big Isle resident vows to stay until lava burns house|url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20140904_Lava_only_advances_100_yards_not_an_immediate_threat.html?id=274002941|access-date=27 October 2014|work=Honolulu Star Advertiser|date=4 September 2014}}</ref>  On September 13, a release from the [[Hawaiian Volcano Observatory]] stated that the flow had begun to shift away from the subdivision as it had interacted with both the cracks and down-dropped blocks within the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea volcano and a natural valley that leveled away from Ka'ohe Homesteads.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lava slows, misses first homes for now|url=http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/hawaii/kilauea/current-activity-part-2.html#c38674|website=Volcano Discovery|access-date=27 October 2014}}</ref>

The lava flow then advanced on Pāhoa.  On October 25, the flow had reached the town's recycling facility, which was closed and temporarily relocated as a result.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pahoa Transfer Station to Close Friday|url=http://bigislandnow.com/2014/10/23/pahoa-transfer-station-to-close-friday/|access-date=27 October 2014|work=Big Island Now|date=23 October 2014}}</ref>  The flow was quickly advancing on a nearby cemetery and triggered the first series of evacuations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lava enters Pahoa cemetery grounds|url=http://www.kitv.com/news/lava-enters-pahoa-cemetery-grounds/29348180|access-date=26 October 2014|work=KITV 4|agency=kitv.com|date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130162744/http://www.kitv.com/news/lava-enters-pahoa-cemetery-grounds/29348180|archive-date=30 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lava nears, evacuations loom|url=http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/volcano-update/lava-nears-evacuations-loom|access-date=26 October 2014|work=West Hawaii Today|agency=Stevens Media|date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027090228/http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/volcano-update/lava-nears-evacuations-loom|archive-date=27 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> On November 10, the flow claimed one home.<ref>{{cite news|title=First house claimed by Puna lava flow|work=[[Hawaii News Now]]|first=Mileka |last=Lincoln | date=November 10, 2014|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/27344777/puna-lava-flow-breakout-approximately-5-yards-from-residential-structure-may-claim-first-house-today |access-date=11 November 2014|archive-date=2014-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112022513/http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/27344777/puna-lava-flow-breakout-approximately-5-yards-from-residential-structure-may-claim-first-house-today/}}</ref>

[[File:Lava at Pahoa Transfer Station, March 2015.JPG|thumb|Lava from the [[Pu{{okina}}u {{okina}}Ō{{okina}}ō]] cinder cone flowed 14 miles into the town of Pāhoa and breached the boundary of the Pāhoa Transfer Station.]]

Officials feared that the lava would cover [[Hawaii Route 130]], the only route in and out of Pāhoa and of the entire lower [[Puna, Hawaii|Puna]] section of the island.  On October 22, The [[National Park Service]] announced  that it would help state and county officials create an emergency route along 8 miles of the buried [[Chain of Craters Road]] in order to help Puna residents who would potentially lose access to the rest of Hawai{{okina}}i.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/havo/parknews/closure.htm|title="End of the Road" will close during emergency route construction|last1=Ferracane|first1=Jessica|date=21 October 2014|website=National Park Service: Hawaii Volcano National Park|publisher=NPS|access-date=26 October 2014}}</ref>  Construction of the Chain of Craters alternate route began by making a path over a wall of lava rock covering the road in Hawai{{okina}}i Volcanoes National Park.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lava-clearing to begin on Ka'u side of historic road|url=http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/volcano-update/lava-clearing-begin-ka-u-side-historic-road|access-date=26 October 2014|work=West Hawaii Today|agency=Stephens Media|date=22 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027084729/http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/volcano-update/lava-clearing-begin-ka-u-side-historic-road|archive-date=27 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The eruption eventually stopped short of Route 130, and work on the emergency route was called off in November 2014.

===2018 eruption===
The [[2018 lower Puna eruption]] which featured destructive lava flows resulting in the loss of approximately 700 homes, originated in nearby [[Leilani Estates]].