The 2018 lower Puna eruption interrupted electric power to Kapoho in late May and closed the main road to the rest of the island . On May 30 residents were urged to evacuate . On June 1 , the lava flow front entered Kapoho on top of the 1960 flow and then took a turn to the south . On June 2 , 2018 , the Green Lake '' ( Ka Wai o Pele ) '' was destroyed when lava flows boiled it away and completely filled the entire basin . The flow entered the ocean at Kapoho Bay on June 4 on a half-mile-wide front . By June 5 , the lava flow had built a lava delta that extended nearly into the bay . Preliminary reports from Hawai'i County officials indicated that hundreds of homes in the subdivisions of Vacationland Hawaii and Kapoho Beach Lots were destroyed by the flow . Over the next few days , the entirety of the bay was filled in with lava . By the end of June , about of new land had been created along with miles of new coastline
2018 lower Puna eruption
2018 lower Puna eruption
Kapoho, Hawaii