RESENDING WITH CORRECTED RESTRICTIONS<br/> <br />The ribbon of molten lava on the Big Island of Hawaii has been slogging towards the small town of Pahoa- (PA-HO-A) for weeks, threatening homes.<br/> <br />On Tuesday, the lava finally claimed a house and now residents of some 50 other homes are being urged to prepare to leave.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: RESIDENT DARISSA KEKUAWELA SAYING:<br/> <br />"My parents build the house 36 years ago. The initial shock was like you were losing a person, like a loved one in your family."<br/> <br />Many have been reluctantly emptying their houses...some are being told they may have to leave...for good.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: RESIDENT BUNNY ETRATA SAYING:<br/> <br />"Just a sad thing right now, very emotional."<br/> <br />Everything in the path of the lava is destroyed.<br/> <br />It's even swallowed up the local cemetery, in this town of about 800 people who built their community on the site of a former sugar plantation.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: DARRYL OLIVEIRA, HAWAII COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR, SAYING:
