To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (174306 ) 10/27/2014 9:25:31 AM From: TideGlider Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224749 Lava from Hawaii volcano moving toward homes USA Today Network Jolie Lee , USA TODAY Network 8:50 a.m. EDT October 27, 2014 Hawaii authorities on Saturday told residents near an active lava flow to prepare for a possible evacuation in the next three to five days as lava as hot as 2000 degrees Fahrenheit oozed across a country road and edged closer to homes. (Oct. 26) AP This Oct. 25, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows lava flow advancing across the pasture between the Pahoa cemetery and Apaa Street, engulfing a barbed wire fence, near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii.(Photo: AP) 16 CONNECT 1 TWEET LINKEDIN 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE Hawaiian residents in the path of a lava flow must be prepared to evacuate in the coming days as the 2,000-degree Fahrenheit molten rock nears their homes. The flow is currently moving at a rate of approximately 15 to 20 yards an hour toward the town of Pahoa, in a rural region of the Big Island of Hawaii, according to the Hawaii County's website The lava comes from Kilauea volcano, which has been erupting continuously since 1983, the Associated Press reports. Most of the lava has flowed south and poured into the ocean, but for the past two years, the lava has flowed northeast toward Pahoa, according to the AP. The current flow has been threatening residents since June. On Friday Gov. Neil Abercrombie requested a presidential disaster declaration that would free up federal funds in the country's response efforts, reports West Hawaii Today. "The effect of the destruction and/or isolation of the businesses and other institutions in Pahoa will be devastating to the entire Puna District," the governor wrote in his request, according to West Hawaii Today. Local emergency teams are going door-to-door to inform residents of the possible evacuation, according to Hawaii County.