2018 Leilani Estates lava flow field

This is recent loss. Seven hundred and sixteen households lost their homes here in 2018. Most of those families still live on the Big Island; many remain in lower Puna near their lost homesites. Do not enter the closed access roads in Leilani Estates or Lanipuna Gardens. Do not enter posted private property — many former homesites are still owned by displaced families. Do not climb on the lava in residential areas. The roadside pull-offs along Hwy 132 with interpretive markers are the right place to stop and look.