Man struck by flying lava amid warning Hawaii volcano eruption could cover island in noxious plume
A man injured by flying lava as he sat on his third floor balcony has become the first casualty of t The unnamed man is in a serious condition after his leg was smashed by the volcanic debris, which can hit temperatures of over 1000 degrees Celsius at the point of eruption, in the town of Pahoa on Saturday. "It hit him on the shin and shattered everything there down on his leg," said Janet Snyder, a spokesperson for the Office of the Mayor, County of Hawaii. She added that lava spatters “can weigh as much as a refrigerator and even small ...
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