Its expanded to the south during its first hour of life. Unless Im misinterpreting the images, it ended up cutting right through the splatter cone from the previous eruption.
Interesting angle on it from this cam too, can see a fair few rivers of lava if look closely (video thumbnail for this stream is misleading, actual view is quite different):
I suspect that's because the magma / lava has met a decent supply of groundwater - the result is tephra / ash - and the eruption could get explosive.
The current problem with that westward flow is that it could get too close to a communications mast used by the USA. I think I could see a protective berm on the webcam, hopefully it'll be OK.Yeah there is some water sitting around to the west of the town too, before the sea, so what you are saying all fits together. And this area follows on from my earlier commentary about it getting beyond a loop road on that side of town.
However in terms of dramatic new possibilities unfolding I had already lost interest by last night, as things seemed to be slowing down again, to the extent tthat I wasnt sure the lava in that area would travel much further.