A house near Hawaii's Puna coast burns in May 1987, one of many ignited by lava flows from Kīlauea's long-term east rift zone eruption. Lava flows overran the coastal village of Kalapana in 1990 and buried the popular black sand beach at Kaimu. Although some houses were removed before the housing lots were overrun, more than 75 houses were destroyed by lava flows in 1990.

Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1987.

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Kilauea