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New Mauna Loa Eruption Reopens A Costly Old Issue: Why Is Building Allowed In Risky Lava Zones?
Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today via AP/2022
New Mauna Loa Eruption Reopens A Costly Old Issue: Why Is Building Allowed In Risky Lava Zones?

Hawaii County hasn't finished buying out property owners after the 2018 lava flow that devastated Leilani and Kapoho, and here comes another potential disaster.

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