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With death toll rising, Kenyan military evacuates people from flood-hit areas

MANDERA, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s military hastened efforts Thursday to evacuate hundreds of people trapped by raging floods that have hit many parts of the East African country.

Dec 14, 2023 9:37 AM Read more >

Tropical Cyclone Jasper weakens while still lashing northeastern Australia with flooding rain

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The first tropical cyclone to hit Australia in the current season weakened to a low pressure system but continued to lash the northeast coast Thursday with flooding rain and left almost 40,000 homes and businesses without p

Dec 13, 2023 8:09 PM Read more >

A volcano on Hawaii's Big Island is sacred to spiritual practitioners and treasured by astronomers

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (AP) — Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea , the highest point in Hawaii.

Dec 13, 2023 6:07 AM Read more >

A volcano on Hawaii's Big Island is sacred to spiritual practitioners and treasured by astronomers

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (AP) — Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea , the highest point in Hawaii.

Dec 13, 2023 6:03 AM Read more >

Cyclone Jasper crosses Australia's east coast as category 2 storm with 87 mph winds

CANBERRA, Austrtalia (AP) — Tropical Cyclone Jasper crossed Australia's northeast coast on Wednesday as a category 2 storm that lashed the sparsely populated region with winds of up to 140 kph (87 mph).

Dec 13, 2023 12:24 AM Read more >

Heart of Hawaii's historic Lahaina, scene of deadly wildfire, reopens to residents after 4 months

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The heart of Lahaina, the historic town on the Hawaiian island of Maui that burned in a deadly wildfire that killed at least 100 people, is reopening to residents and business owners holding day passes.

Dec 12, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >

Power outages drag on after powerful windstorm sweeps through the Maritimes

HALIFAX — Thousands of residents across the Maritimes spent Tuesday without electricity as utility crews scrambled to repair power lines damaged by a powerful windstorm that roared over the region on Monday.

Dec 12, 2023 1:48 PM Read more >

Australians prepare for their first cyclone of the season

BRISBANE, Australia: (AP) — Residents have begun evacuating and battening down homes and businesses as the first tropical cyclone of Australia’s season is forecast to cross the northeast coast on Wednesday, bringing destructive winds and flooding rai

Dec 12, 2023 2:35 AM Read more >

High winds knocks out power to thousands of customers across the Maritimes

HALIFAX — Strong winds across the Maritimes have knocked out power to tens of thousands of electrical customers in the region. The bulk of the outages are in Nova Scotia, where nearly 41,000 customers were without power as of 3:30 p.m.

Dec 11, 2023 1:14 PM Read more >

In Halifax, a call to promote old-growth forests as a guard against future wildfires

HALIFAX — As he stands near a Nova Scotia forest with soaring 150-year-old trees, Mike Lancaster sees a natural, long-term solution to the threat wildfires pose to city dwellers. The director of the St.

Dec 11, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >