As residents and people in mainland America watch, many are wondering what could happen with Kilauea
“The worst case is a long-lived eruption that spreads down the rift to the Pacific, mostly because it exposes more homes and businesses to lava flows,” Dr. Erik Klemetti, associate professor and chair at the Department of Geosciences at Denison University, told Fox News via email. Einat Lev, Lamont Assistant Research Professor at Columbia University agrees that summit damage and a long-running eruption are possibilities. “In my opinion, the worst scenario includes a combination of large (for Hawaii) explosion at the summit combined with extended (many months) effusion of lava at the lower East Rift Zone,” she told Fox News, via email. “Such extended effusion will hamper any rebuilding efforts in that part of the island.”
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