Hurricane Kiko, a powerful Category 4 storm, is swirling in the Pacific Ocean and heading west in a direction toward Hawaii.  Forecasters warned that swells from the storm could reach the Hawaiian Islands by the end of the weekend and cause life-threatening surf and rip currents. As of 11 p.m. Eastern Time Friday, the…
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted again this week, spewing lava 500 feet into the air from the crater at its summit, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The eruption ended around 8 p.m. local time on Tuesday night, after producing approximately 337 million cubic feet of molten rock over a 13-hour period. This marked the 32nd episode in an ongoing…
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea’s 31st display of molten rock since December, an appropriately high frequency for one of the world’s most active volcanoes. The north vent at the summit crater…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Maui police officer was shot and killed Friday while responding to reports of a person firing a rifle in the area of the old sugar mill, according to police and reports. The officer, who has not been identified, was fatally struck in Paia, located on the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 75-foot boat ran aground in Hawaii on Saturday, according to a U.S. Coast Guard press release. Video footage shows the vessel, a passenger boat known as The Discovery, appearing to surf on a wave before crashing on the shore. “The Discovery’s operator reported that two large…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Authorities in Hawaii are searching for a suspect who allegedly threw acid into a man’s face Friday night in Honolulu, leaving him in critical condition. According to the Honolulu Police Department (HPD), officers responded to an assault complaint shortly after 10 p.m. in the Chinatown area. Witnesses…
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in coastal towns in multiple countries. The earthquake was “on what we call the Pacific Ring of Fire. This is a region around the entire Pacific Rim renowned for significant earthquakes,” Simon Boxall, lecturer in oceanography at…
Hawaii remains under a tsunami warning after one of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and prompted warnings for North and Central America and Pacific islands south toward New Zealand. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTSC) said the estimated arrival…
Watch: Hawaii Gov. Josh Green gives update on tsunami warning – CBS News Watch CBS News Hawaii Gov. Josh Green and other officials provided an update and took questions as the state faced a tsunami warning after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia Tuesday night. [title_words_as_hashtags
Hawaii is home to a unique and diverse array of native bird species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. However, these birds are facing a significant threat from an invasive species: mosquitoes. According to Vox Media, a drone flying over Hawaii’s remote forests is releasing containers filled with live mosquitoes. This…
