June 12 (UPI) -- Lava flow from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano has created 250 acres of new land in the ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday.
The agency's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said lava from Fissure 8 created a channel sending the flow into the ocean at Kapoho Bay. HVO confirmed to UPI that the lava delta in the bay was about 250 acres as of Tuesday afternoon.