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Mobile Homes to Isolate Homeless Patients in Los Angeles

The Dockweiler RV Park is one of five shelters commissioned by Los Angeles County to isolate COVID-19 patients Robyn Beck AFP
The Dockweiler RV Park is one of five shelters commissioned by Los Angeles County to isolate COVID-19 patients Robyn Beck AFP
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Mobile Homes to Isolate Homeless Patients in Los Angeles

The Dockweiler RV Park is one of five shelters commissioned by Los Angeles County to isolate COVID-19 patients Robyn Beck AFP
The Dockweiler RV Park is one of five shelters commissioned by Los Angeles County to isolate COVID-19 patients Robyn Beck AFP

The authority in Los Angeles County, where housing is expensive, has decided to isolate homeless COVID-19 patients in a mobile home park with an ocean view near a local beach.

Over 20 homeless people have been taken to the Dockweiler Park in El Segundo, in the southern suburb of Los Angeles.

According to AFP, about 100 white caravans are lined up side by side, and mask-wearing guards are blocking entrances as health workers in protective gear move in and out of the trailers, providing patients with vests and breathing aids.
The park is one of five shelters commissioned so far by Los Angeles County to isolate the COVID-19 patients, mostly homeless people who count 50,000 in the region.

"We need places where people can be safely isolated from the public and even from their families," County Supervisor Janice Hahn said in a statement.

After two weeks of social isolation measures aimed at containing the coronavirus spread, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a $50 million fund to buy mobile homes and to rent spaces in which those living on the street could self-isolate.

California purchased 1,300 mobile homes to cope with the ongoing health situation.

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Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupts, Spewing Columns of Lava

In this photo provided by the US Geological Survey, an eruption takes place on the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (N. Deligne/US Geological Survey via AP)
In this photo provided by the US Geological Survey, an eruption takes place on the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (N. Deligne/US Geological Survey via AP)
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Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupts, Spewing Columns of Lava

In this photo provided by the US Geological Survey, an eruption takes place on the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (N. Deligne/US Geological Survey via AP)
In this photo provided by the US Geological Survey, an eruption takes place on the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (N. Deligne/US Geological Survey via AP)

One of the world's most active volcanoes sprang into life again Monday, spewing columns of lava 80 meters (260 feet) above Hawaii, US vulcanologists said.

Images showed enormous fissures in the caldera of Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, spraying jets of molten rock into the air.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the eruption began just after 2:00 am local time (1200 GMT) in the southwestern section of the caldera.

"At 4:30 am, lava fountains were observed with heights up to 80 meters (262 feet)," the agency said.

"Molten material, including lava bombs, is being ejected from the vents on the caldera floor up onto the west caldera rim."

The eruption was also sending matter much higher into the atmosphere.

"The plume of volcanic gas and fine volcanic particles is reaching elevations of 6,000-8,000 feet above sea level... and winds are transporting it to the southwest."

"The eruption is occurring within a closed area" of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the observatory said, adding that lava flows "are currently confined to Halema'uma'u and the eastern part of Kilauea caldera."

However, it warned that sulphur dioxide emanating from the fissure would react with other gases in the atmosphere.

So-called vog -- volcanic smog -- can affect people and animals, as well as crops.

Kilauea has been very active since 1983 and erupts relatively regularly, including most recently in September.

It is one of six active volcanoes located in the Hawaiian Islands, which also include Mauna Loa, the largest volcano in the world.

Kilauea is much smaller than neighboring Mauna Loa, but is far more active and regularly wows helicopter-riding tourists who come to see its red-hot shows.