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Lava creeps toward cemetery as Sato family headstone survives
Aiko Sato visits the Pahoa Japanese Cemetery and learns via a scientist photo that her family headstone endures amid advancing lava about 480 feet from Pahoa Village Road. Residents brace for possible further breakout while grateful for the stone’s survival and Pele’s seeming mercy.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Aiko Sato
Sato
Pahoa Village Road
Eiko Kajiyama
Hawaii Volcano Observatory
Observatory
Janet Babb
HVO
Kajiyama
Pele