On Monday morning, Hawai'i County Civil Defense officials carried out an overnight flight. As per the observations, officials affirmed that since Sunday, the June 27 lava flow has advanced around 75 to 85 yards and now, it is moving towards the northeast.

The lava does not pose any immediate threat and no evacuations have been ordered. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has seen many active breakouts near the flow front. It also said that many areas have been burning along the edges of the lava flow.

"It is possible, especially if the flow remains narrow, that it could kinda skirt, or just miss, the (Pahoa) Transfer Station", affirmed Civil Defense Administrator Darryl Oliveira.

Oliveira said things can change when the lava will be close. It can widen or could move a little further to the north, and for this reason they have been closely monitoring things. The smoke conditions can be rated as moderate to heavy. Things are bit serous in the Kaohe Homesteads area due to a light northeast wind, which has made the conditions quite noticeable.

Oliveira was of the view that currently, the lava flow is quite green. There is not much burning, it is just on the edges of the flow. Due to burning of eucalyptus trees, a lot of smoke was there and it should be noted that there are not many flames and it's just heavy smoke owing to wetness.

On Monday, the County of Hawai'I also announced that community informational meeting in Pahoa will be carried out on October 16 at 6:30 pm at the Pahoa High School Cafeteria. Officials affirmed that the County's Incident and Command Center and Informational Resource Center will remain open at the Pahoa Community Center on weekdays from 8am to 4pm.