Trump Approves Disaster Aid for Hawaii’s Volcano-Stricken Big Island

Trump Approves Disaster Aid for Hawaii’s Volcano-Stricken Big Island
Journalists and National Guard soldiers watch as lava erupts in Leilani Estates during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, on June 9, 2018. Terray Sylvester/Reuters
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HONOLULU—U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday approved federal emergency housing aid and other relief for victims of the six-week-old Kilauea Volcano eruption on Hawaii’s Big Island, where hundreds of homes have been destroyed, state officials said.

The approval came a day after Governor David Ige formally requested assistance for an estimated 2,800 residents who have lost their homes to lava flows or were forced from their dwellings under evacuation orders since Kilauea rumbled back to life on May 3.