FEMA’s report on the Kilauea eruption in Hawaii (May 8, 2018)
May 8th, 2018Situation On May 3, a lava flow broke to the surface in lower Puna on the Big Island of HI.
Since the onset of this eruption, a total of 12 fissures have emerged.
Multiple earthquakes/aftershocks of magnitude 2.5 or higher recorded in the past week; but earthquake activity has diminished by approximately 33% from May 6
Impacts
• Evacuations: 1,650 residents of Leilani Estates & Lanipuna Gardens (775 homes) under mandatory evacuation; Leilani Estates allowed limited, short-term reentry
• Shelters: 2 shelters open / 147 occupants (Region IX Update #5 as of 6:37 p.m. EDT May 7)
• Damage: 35 homes destroyed; no major damage to critical infrastructure (CIKR)
• Temporary Flight Restrictions for non-relief aircraft operations extended to May 15
• Pahoa-Pahoiki road closed from Highway 132 to Highway 137
State / Local Response
• HI EOC at Partial Activation
• Governor declared State of Emergency & activated HI National Guard
• State is working to restore water service to neighborhoods near the fissures
FEMA Response
• FEMA Region IX RWC & Pacific Area Watch at Steady State; continue to monitor
• Four FEMA Region IX LNOs deployed to HI EOC & Hawai‘i County Civil Defense
• N-IMAT East 1 at Region IX; deploying to Hawai‘i County over the next two days
• FEMA NWC is monitoring