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Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

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Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, is erupting again. Lava is slowly approaching a major thoroughfare connecting the Big Island's east and west sides. People are asking if anything can be done to stop or divert the flow. In 1881, the governor of Hawaii Island declared a day of prayer to stop lava.

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The Hindu

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

Lava from the Hawaii’s Mauna Loa is slowly approaching a major thoroughfare connecting the Big Island’s east and west sides.

1 year ago·India

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CTV News

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

Prayer. Bombs. Walls. Over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii's volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure.

1 year ago·Canada

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USA Today

Hawaii history shows stopping lava isn't easy

The eruption of Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, is sending lava flowing toward a major roadway on Hawaii's Big Island. The eruption has people asking if anything can be done to stop or divert the flow. (Dec. 1)

1 year ago·United States

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Toronto Sun

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

Humans have rarely had much success stopping lava and, despite the world's technological advances, doing so is still difficult

1 year ago·Toronto, Canada

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Click on Detroit

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

Prayer. Bombs. Walls. Over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii's volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure.Now Mauna Loa — the world's largest active volcano — is erupting again, and lava is slowly approaching a major thoroughfare connecting the Big Island's east and west sides. And once more, people are asking if anything can be done to stop or divert the flow."It comes up ever…

1 year ago·Detroit, United States

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Denver Post

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy.

By AUDREY McAVOY (Associated Press) HONOLULU (AP) — Prayer. Bombs. Walls. Over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii’s volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure. Now Mauna Loa — the world’s largest active volcano — is erupting again, and lava is slowly approaching a major thoroughfare connecting the Big Island’s east and west sides. And once more, people are asking if anything can…

1 year ago·Denver, United States

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