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OK.

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Good morning this is Tina Neal the scientist
is charge at the US Geological Survey’s

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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

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A quick update on what’s happening today
at Kilauea.

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In the lower east rift zone, we’ve had an
additional outbreak at Northeast end of the

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fissure system about half a mile south of
highway 132.

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This is producing spatter that’s flying
tens of meters into the air and a sluggish

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lava flow that’s moving a little bit to
the north, but no big lava flow has yet developed.

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All of this is to say that the situation down
there remains dynamic and as we’ve been

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saying for days now the outbreaks can continue
to occur both up rift and down rift of the

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existing fissure system or the existing fissures
could be reactivated.

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All of this means that residents in the area
need to stay tuned and listen to the Hawaii

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County civil defense messages about evacuations
and closures.

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Also, gas emissions remain high in the lower
east rift zone and people in the vicinity

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and downwind are at risk of interaction with
significant concentrations of gas.

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Up here at the summit, we have a continued
trend of deflation in the summit area consistent

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with further reduction of the lava column
and the height deep inside the overlook crater.

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There’s a voluminous cloud of water condensate
or stream coming out of the crater, at times

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it is tinged with a little bit of ash primarily
from rock falls deep within the crater.

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We have yet to see any evidence of explosive
interaction of groundwater and hot rocks.

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This is what we were concerned about and we
continue to watch for and wait.

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So, the situation across the volcano remains
pretty fluid and HVO working with our partners

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and emergency authorities and our university
of Hawaii Partners in addition we’re getting

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some reinforcements from other U.S. volcano
observatories.

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We’re continuing to watch things 24/7 and
advise about what’s going on.

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Thank you.