Hawaii man dies after falling into lava tube on his property 2019-11-07 351 words in total New words of this article(13 words): --------------------------------------------- lava n.熔岩,火山岩 rappel n.用绳索下口 autopsy n.(为查明死因而做的)尸体解剖,验尸 pend vi.悬而未决 notification n.通知,布告,告示 hiker n.徒步旅行者 skylight n.天窗 ledge n.壁架,架状突出物,暗礁,矿层 magma n. 岩浆, 糊, 糊剂 avalanche n.雪崩v.雪崩 molten v.熔化adj.熔铸的 ablaze adj.adv.着火的,激动的,闪耀的 flaming adj.燃烧的,热烈的,色彩鲜明的,熊熊的, --------------------------------------------- USA TODAY Authorities in Hawaii were investigating the death of a man who apparently died after falling through soft ground into a cave-like lava熔岩,火山岩 tube. Police on Hawai'i Island said Wednesday that they went to the man's home in Hilo on Monday, following up on a report that he had not been heard from in several days. "Hawaiʻi Fire Department Rescue personnel responded to the scene and were able to rappel用绳索下口 into the lava熔岩,火山岩 tube and extract the victim, whose body was approximately 22 feet below the surface," police said in a statement. The island, also known as Big Island, is home to five volcanoes. Lava flows from the most volatile, Kilauea,destroyed hundreds of homes just last year. The man who fell into the lava熔岩,火山岩 tube was transported to the Hilo Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy(为查明死因而做的)尸体解剖,验尸 determined the man died from injuries consistent with falling, police said. No foul play was suspected. His identify was being withheld pending悬而未决 positive identification and notification通知,布告,告示 of his family. Lava tubes are underground channels left behind from lava熔岩,火山岩 flows. Hilo is home to Kaumana Caves State Park, where hikers徒步旅行者 can descend on a metal ladder into a skylight天窗 in a lava熔岩,火山岩 tube that was created by an 1881 flow from Mauna Loa. In May, a man was rescued after falling into Kilauea volcano, the most active of the island's five volcanoes. A search and rescue team retrieved the man, who was seriously injured, from a ledge壁架,架状突出物,暗礁,矿层 70 feet down from the crater's edge. A year earlier Kilauea erupted, forcing underground magma 岩浆, 糊, 糊剂 to the surface on May 3, 2018. The next day lava熔岩,火山岩 was pouring through Leilani Estates, a 700-home community with about 1,500 residents. Within days, dozens of lava熔岩,火山岩 vents had opened up, spewing magma 岩浆, 糊, 糊剂 high into the air and sending a slow-moving avalanche雪崩雪崩 of molten熔化熔铸的 rock downhill. The lava's intense heat set homes ablaze着火的,激动的,闪耀的 before it ever reached them, and then the liquid rock buried the flaming燃烧的,热烈的,色彩鲜明的,熊熊的 remains. Over the next three months, Kilauea flooded an area 10 times the size of New York's Central Park with lava, destroying more than 700 structures, including 200 homes, and displacing about 3,000 people.