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Lava From Kilauea Boils Away Freshwater Lake In Hawaii

The lava entered Green Lake at 10 a.m. local time and had evaporated all the water by 3 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Green Lake was gone in hours.

Lava from the Kilauea volcano spilled across highways and into Hawaii's Green Lake — a major source of fresh water on Hawaii's Big Island — and evaporated all the water,.

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