Hawaii's Kilauea emits toxic gas from new cracks bubbling with lava
HILO, Hawaii - Kilauea continued Saturday to alter the tropical landscape and foul the air on the island of Hawaii, sending toxic gas and molten lava through new fissures and raising anxiety among thousands of evacuated residents.
"This is as bad as it gets," said John Bennett, 61, a resident of the Leilani Estates neighborhood forced to evacuate. "We can't go back in yet. I feel lost. I don't know what to think. I've never been in this situation before."
An estimated 1,800 people live in the affected area, and many have sought housing in shelters, with friends or on other islands. Some don't know the fate of their homes or pets left behind.
Bennett first learned what
