1 year later, Hawaii lava evacuees grapple with huge losses

Eruption destroyed more than 700 homes

In this Saturday, May 19, 2018 file photo, released by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava flows from fissures near Pahoa, Hawaii. A year after a Hawaii volcano rained lava and gases on a rural swath of the Big Island in one of its largest eruptions in recorded history, people who lost their homes and farms in the disaster are still struggling to return to their island lifestyle. More than 700 homes were destroyed in the historic eruption, and most people will never move back to their land. (AP)

hawaii lava.jpg — In this Saturday, May 19, 2018 file photo, released by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava flows from fissures near Pahoa, Hawaii. A year after a Hawaii volcano rained lava and gases on a rural swath of the Big Island in one of its largest eruptions in recorded history, people who lost their homes and farms in the disaster are still struggling to return to their island lifestyle. More than 700 homes were destroyed in the historic eruption, and most people will never move back to their land. (AP)

PAHOA, Hawaii — A year after a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island rained lava and gases in one of its largest and most destructive eruptions in recorded history, people who lost their homes and farms in the disaster are still struggling to return to their cherished island lifestyle.

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