Drone To The Rescue: Saved Hawaii's Resident From Lava Flows

UAVs have become the valuable tool for emergency search and rescue operations. On the island of Hawaii, drones are being used to move people out of harm's way as lava continues to pour from Kilauea volcano. "The drone helps prompt and guide evacuations and led to the successful rescue of a resident after a lava pond outbreak sent a very fast pahoehoe flow down Luana Street," the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said in a Twitter post. The drone technology is a boon for both the volcanologists and the emergency management teams. UAVs are considered the safest option to get up close to the active volcanoes, providing the geologists with the current data and valuable information regarding developments on and around the volcano over a longer period of time.