Civil Beat’s Anthony Quintano talks about his experiences shooting the eruptions and lava flows on Kilauea.

Losses are mounting in the hundreds of millions of dollars as Kilauea pushes molten lava through neighborhoods.

Twenty fissures have opened since the Kilauea volcano began erupting 12 days ago, destroying nearly two dozen homes.

Thousands of viewers from all over the world have been watching our live stream of the eruption. Some of them dropped us a note.

Diverting a lava flow is not as easy as some people — including then-Lt. Col. George Patton — once thought.

Affordable housing in the fast-growing Puna area comes with a big risk — several communities have been wiped out by earlier lava flows.

Photos from Honolulu Civil Beat’s Anthony Quintano offer a look at the spectacle of lava and steam as new volcanic fissures open up.

In total, there have now been 18 lava outbreaks, destroying at least two dozen homes and prompting evacuation orders for 2,000 residents.

Earlier in the week, the feds approved a similar assistance request for damage caused by floods on Kauai and Oahu.

Civil Beat photographer Cory Lum spent a day in the heart of the Kilauea eruption zone where at least 26 homes were destroyed.