Lava from Hawaii volcano snakes toward rural town; flow is 250 yards from small country road

A growing lava stream threatening homes and inching closer to a rural road on Hawaii's Big Island oozed forward in fits and starts this week, frustrating some residents but giving officials a window of time to prepare. The narrow, leading edge of the lava flow is just 250 yards from the one-lane country road, which has been closed.

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