Waves are pouding the Kalapana coast of the island of Hawaiʻi, in Hawaii, and slowly disintegrating the land newly formed by recent lava flows. In 1986, lava flows from the Kupaianaha vent of Kīlauea destroyed and partly buried most of the town of Kalapana and the nearby town of Kaimū and Kaimū Bay, both of which now lie buried beneath more than 50 feet (15 meters) of lava.