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Hawaii officials say new lava vents are popping up in Puna after Kilauea eruptions, including the massive fissure that's sending molten rock into the ocean at Kapoho Bay. Hawaii County Civil Defense Director Darryl Oliveira told reporters Thursday that scientists know lava must burn through an embankment to reach the ocean. He says they are concerned a large amount of lava can travel down a major highway and damage the safety of an ocean entry point. He says the lava flow could get trapped on the land or could get hung up on the coastal ridge. Officials say the ocean entry point has been plugged. He says his biggest worry is traffic, saying they don't want an event like the lava flow to cause an accident. There was a substantial slowdown in traffic Thursday night because of the lava flow. The USGS is reporting fountains of lava from new fissures in the ocean at Kapoho Bay. Residents can now see the fountains, spattering on land near the Kapoho coastline. The eruptions are coming from what’s called the East Rift Zone, and they are pushing massive amounts of molten rock into the ocean. This is happening a few miles away from the popular Kapoho Bay in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The eruptions have been going on for more than a week. While officials are concerned about how the massive amounts of molten rock is moving, park officials say they’re also concerned about the amount of debris it could potentially dump into the ocean. There are also concerns about lava getting closer to a well-known geothermal power plant. Workers shut down wells at the plant as a precaution, but officials say the wells were vented to reduce pressure in the system. Officials say no lava has yet reached the wells.

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