The fire spread at an astonishing pace. It started Wednesday afternoon. When Ho Wai-ho and his fellow firefighters arrived at the scene about 10 minutes later, the blaze…
Read more The Deadly Mix of Factors That Made a Hong Kong High-Rise Fire so DevastatingPolice in Hong Kong said three people have been arrested in connection with a fire that engulfed a housing complex and killed at least 36 people. The three…
Read more Three Arrested in Hong Kong Housing Fire That Killed At Least 36Hurricane Melissa weakened to a Category 2 storm that is expected to cause catastrophic damage as it passes through Cuba, a day after it hit Jamaica as one…
Read more Hurricane Melissa Lashes Cuba as Category 2 StormHurricane Melissa hit Jamaica Tuesday as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms to make landfall on record. Melissa came ashore in southwestern Jamaica as a Category 5…
Read more Hurricane Melissa Batters JamaicaHurricane Melissa has strengthened to a Category 5 storm and is expected to produce catastrophic floods and heavy infrastructure damage in Jamaica. Flash floods are projected to sweep…
Read more Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica as Category 5 StormKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—A U.S. military helicopter and a jet fighter from the same aircraft carrier crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other on…
Read more Two U.S. Navy Aircraft From Same Carrier Crash Into South China SeaSpain’s electricity-grid operator said there was no risk of an imminent second major blackout in the country after detecting two sharp voltage variations in recent weeks. Red Electrica…
Read more Spain’s Grid Operator Denies Risk of Imminent Power Blackout After Sharp Voltage SwingsChinese military exercises around Taiwan have sparked an urgent effort in Taipei and Washington to address a critical vulnerability on the island: It is almost entirely dependent on…
Read more How China Threatens to Force Taiwan Into a Total BlackoutThe high north is dreaded for its bone-chilling winters. Even worse, say soldiers there, is the warmer season, when insects infest marshes that flood overnight. Sune Engel Rasmussen…
Read more How Arctic Soldiers Train for What They Fear Most: Warm WeatherAlaska Airlines, United Airlines and Turkish Airlines have all grounded their Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes after part of one such jet tore away during an Alaska Airlines…
Read more Boeing’s financials won’t be hurt by latest 737 Max issues, analysts say. The company’s size is one reason.Alaska Airlines grounded all of its Boeing 737-9 aircraft late Friday, hours after a window and piece of fuselage on one such plane blew out in midair and…
Read more Alaska Airlines grounds all Boeing 737-9 Max planes after flight suffers midair window blowoutTOKYO (AP) — Japan issued tsunami alerts and ordered evacuations following a series of earthquakes on Monday that started a fire and trapped people under rubble on the…
Read more Japan issues tsunami warnings after dozens of quakes, including a 7.6 magnitude, off western coastRABAT, Morocco (AP) — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing hundreds of people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city…
Read more Morocco earthquake kills at least 600 peoplePresident Joe Biden got a look Saturday from the sky at Hurricane Idalia’s impact across a swath of Florida before setting out on a walking tour of a…
Read more Biden surveys hurricane’s toll from the sky and on the ground in Florida. DeSantis opts out of meeting.Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.’s stock added to losses Tuesday, tumbling 26% after S&P Global Ratings downgraded its rating on the utility company to junk. S&P Global Ratings cut…
Read more Hawaiian Electric’s stock slides 26% as S&P downgrades credit to junk on risk from Maui wildfire lawsuitsWhat’s going on with frozen fruit and vegetables? Food prices rose 0.2% on the month in July after remaining unchanged in June, and they rose 4.9% on the…
Read more Why have frozen fruit and vegetable prices soared by almost 12% — but the cost of fresh produce has not?LAHAINA, Hawaii — A search of the wildfire devastation on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of obliterated neighborhoods and landmarks charred beyond recognition,…
Read more ‘We are heartsick’: Death toll from Maui wildfires rises to at least 53KAHULUI, Hawaii — A wildfire tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island of Maui in darkness Wednesday, reducing much of a historic town to ash and forcing people to…
Read more ‘It was apocalyptic’: At least 6 killed in devastating wildfires on Hawaiian island of MauiA top-secret U.S. Navy listening system detected the implosion of the tourist submersible Titan shortly after its disappearance Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. According to the…
Read more Secret Navy listening system detected Titan’s implosion Sunday: reportAll five passengers on the missing submersible that has captured the world’s attention over the past week are believed to “have sadly been lost,” the tour company revealed…
Read more OceanGate believes all 5 passengers on Titanic exploration sub ‘have sadly been lost’
