A surfer in Hawaii died over the weekend from injuries sustained in a “shark encounter,” authorities said. Jason Carter, 39, of Haiku, was pulled from the Paia Bay off the beach area of 93 Hana Highway at 11:19 a.m. Saturday,…
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts again as the summit crater glows
Hawaii’s Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow in webcam images…
11 people are seriously injured amid turbulence on Hawaii flight
Severe turbulence rocked a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu Sunday, seriously injuring 11 people in what an Hawaiian Airlines official called an isolated and unusual event. Jon Snook, the airline’s chief operating officer, said the airline hasn’t experienced “an incident…
Mauna Loa alert downgraded as scientists believe Hawaii volcano may stop erupting soon
The active volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has been downgraded from a warning to a watch as scientists believe Mauna Loa’s eruption is coming to an end. On Saturday, a bulletin from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported…
Hawaii plane crashes killing nine on board (BBC)
A light aircraft has crashed in Hawaii, killing at least nine people on board, officials say. The twin-engine aircraft went down close to Dillingham Airfield near Mokuleia in Honolulu County. There were no survivors from the King Air flight, the…
Man killed in shark attack while swimming 60 yards off Hawaii beach (Independent)
A Californian man was killed in a suspected shark attack in waters off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday. The 65-year-old man, who has not been named, was reportedly swimming about 60 yards off the beach on the Kaanapali…
Man swims from Japan to Hawaii (CNN)
A French man’s attempt to swim across the Pacific Ocean may be over for now, but his campaign to warn the world about the dangers of plastic pollution in the ocean continues. Benoît “Ben” Lecomte stepped on a beach on…
