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===2018 eruption=== {{Main|2018 lower Puna eruption}} Of the 24 total volcanic [[fissure vent]]s that formed during the event, 14 erupted lava to varying degrees within Leilani Estates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hawaiicountygis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=3428cd9282ff431c865eb32761793078|title=ArcGIS Web Application|website=hawaiicountygis.maps.arcgis.com|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> [[ʻAhuʻailāʻau]] (initially designated Fissure 8) on Luana St. was the dominant vent that produced the most output of lava, with fountaining as high as 330 feet <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/movies/movie_172806.html|title=USGS Volcano Hazards Program Movie|website=volcanoes.usgs.gov|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> and flow front advancement as fast as 76 m/h <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/movies/movie_173976.html|title=USGS Volcano Hazards Program Movie|website=volcanoes.usgs.gov|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> as it reached the ocean miles below Leilani Estates. By the time the eruption ceased on August 9 of 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/file_mngr/file-192/PrelimSum_LERZ-Summit_2018.pdf|title=Preliminary summary of Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse|publisher=USGS|website=volcanoes.usgs.gov|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> around 200 homes had been destroyed within the subdivision.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1ZWnrwPSqtoOpdjj5QKaBZPQACQOzv5YD&ll=19.466726918668876%2C-154.90597985068666&z=15|title=Addresses of Homes Lost in 2018 Puna Eruption|last=duPont|first=Dane}}</ref>
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