Hawaii's menacing river of molten lava has temporarily halted - for now - about 480 yards from local village ... but could pick back up within days

• Pahoa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii has known for months that Kilauea's molten lava is on its way to reclaim their town of 800
• The unpredictable advancement of the liquid rock, which stopped completely for a time in September, was travelling at speeds of about 10 to 15 yards per hour
• It has been stalled for about a week  
• Villagers in the lava's path began to pack up their valuables last week, not wanting to wait for disaster to strike
• The 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit lava was about 480 yards from the main road in Pahoa on Thursday
• President Obama signed a disaster declaration for Puna on Monday 

By Associated Press

Published: 20:38 GMT, 6 November 2014 | Updated: 22:52 GMT, 6 November 2014

Life in the shadow of a Hawaiian volcano

BBC

27 August 2013

• Hawaii  Hiking By Andy Jarosz

In Hawaii, lava could take over at any time

One of nature’s most remarkable exhibitions

It was just before sunset and the constant flow of molten lava from Kilauea, the most active of Hawaii’s volcanoes, was glowing ever brighter. Plumes of smoke rose from the point where the red hot liquid met the Pacific Ocean; they swirled with the strengthening wind and occasionally cleared to reveal a distant waterfall of lava some 100m high. It was one of nature’s most remarkable exhibitions – an active volcano that refuses to stop erupting. (Sameena Jarosz)