En imágenes: Cómo afectó la erupción del volcán Kilauea en Hawai

Ríos de lava se expanden sin control por el sur de Hawai. Hay más de 2 mil personas evacuadas, 35 edificios ya fueron afectados y cerca de 700 viviendas están en peligro.

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08 de mayo de 2018 - 11:58 a. m.

EPA1159. PAHOA (ESTADOS UNIDOS), 06/05/2018.- Imagen proporcionada por el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés), que muestra el norte del cráter del volcán hawaiano Kilauea, en Pahoa, Hawái (Estados Unidos) el 6 de mayo de 2018. Un nuevo terremoto de 6,9 grados de magnitud en la escala de Richter sacudió este viernes la zona del volcán hawaiano Kilauea, que entró este jueves en erupción y que ocasionó la evacuación de 1.700 personas. EFE/ Usgs SOLO USO EDITORIAL/PROHIBIDA SU VENTA

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A faint rainbow appears momentarily beside the crater of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island on May 7, 2018. More than two dozen homes have been destroyed and dozens more are threatened by red-hot lava seeping from the Kilauea volcano, the most active in Hawaii, civil defense officials said. / AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN

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Visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park take in a view of Kilauea volcano's crater on Hawaii's Big Island south of Hilo on May 7, 2018 where lava flowed out of until the May 4 earthquake when it sank back in. More than two dozen homes have been destroyed and dozens more are threatened by red-hot lava seeping from the Kilauea volcano, the most active in Hawaii, civil defense officials said. / AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN

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This image released by the US Geological Survey shows steam rising from a fissure on Moku Street in the Leilani Estates, Hawaii, on May 7, 2018. More than two dozen homes have been destroyed and dozens more are threatened by red-hot lava seeping from the Kilauea volcano, the most active in Hawaii, civil defense officials said. Evacuation orders remained in place on May 7 for hundreds of residents of the Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens areas in the eastern part of Hawaii's Big Island. / AFP PHOTO / US Geological Survey / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US Geological Survey/HO" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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PAHOA, HI - MAY 06: Lava from volcanic fissures slowly advances and overtakes structures and trees in the Leilani Estates neighborhood in the aftermath of eruptions from the the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island on May 6, 2018 in Pahoa, Hawaii. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the island May 4. The volcano has spewed lava and high levels of sulfur gas into communities, leading officials to order 1,700 to evacuate. Officials have confirmed 26 homes have now been destroyed by lava in Leilani Estates. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP

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PAHOA, HI - MAY 07: Resident Stacy Welch inspects lava next to a destroyed home located 250-feet from her home, which remains standing, in the Leilani Estates neighborhood in the aftermath of eruptions from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island on May 7, 2018 in Pahoa, Hawaii. The volcano has spewed lava and high levels of sulfur dioxide gas into communities, leading officials to order 1,700 to evacuate. Leilani Estates residents have been allowed to return during the day to inspect property and remove belongings. Officials have confirmed 35 structures have now been destroyed by lava in Leilani Estates. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP

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PAHOA, HI - MAY 07: Evacuee Elijah Guerra (L) helps unload a couch retrieved from evacuee Stacy Welch's (R) home in the aftermath of eruptions from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island on May 7, 2018 in Pahoa, Hawaii. The volcano has spewed lava and high levels of sulfur dioxide gas into communities, leading officials to order 1,700 to evacuate. Leilani Estates residents have been allowed to return during the day to inspect property and remove belongings. Officials have confirmed 35 homes have now been destroyed by lava in Leilani Estates. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP

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PAHOA, HI - MAY 07: Resident Stacy Welch inspects fissures located near her home, which remains standing, in the Leilani Estates neighborhood in the aftermath of eruptions from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island on May 7, 2018 in Pahoa, Hawaii. The volcano has spewed lava and high levels of sulfur dioxide gas into communities, leading officials to order 1,700 to evacuate. Leilani Estates residents have been allowed to return during the day to inspect property and remove belongings. Officials have confirmed 26 homes have now been destroyed by lava in Leilani Estates. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP

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