Hawaii County Civil Defense officials. The flow, which emerged from a fissure on the Kilauea volcano, was moving at speeds of approximately 10 yards per hour on Wednesday morning and threatening 40 to 50 homes.Residents of Pahoa, a village at the foot of Kilauea, were warned on October 27 that they may need to evacuate. The lava flow already destroyed a cemetery on the outskirts of Pahoa late on Sunday. Credit: MollyinParadise">