Lava scorches its first house in a small Hawaiian town

A slow-moving lava flow consumed its first house in the tiny village of Pahoa on Hawaii's Big Island on Monday. The residents of the house had evacuated long before the molten rock arrived, sending the building up in flames. The lava from the Kilauea volcano started its slow-motion assault in June, when it emerged and began flowing toward dozens of homes in Pahoa. You can read more at USA Today or watch Reuters' video below. --Harold Maass

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.