Author: Caleb Jones
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Hawaii photographer finds fine art in massive Pacific waves
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HALEIWA, Hawaii • Hawaii photographer Clark Little is known for his stunning images from inside the barrels of some of the most powerful and dangerous waves on Earth. The native of Oahu’s North Shore has spent the last 15 years documenting shorebreak waves, the monster swells that roll in from the Pacific and crash directly…
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75th anniversary of end of WWII is mostly virtual amid virus
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HONOLULU • When Japanese military leaders climbed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, the battleship was packed with U.S. sailors eager to see the end of World War II. On Wednesday, the 75th anniversary of the surrender, some of those same men who served the United States weren’t able to…
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Typhoon crumbles homes, kills 1
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HONOLULU • The strongest storm to hit any part of the United States this year crumbled concrete houses, smashed cars and killed at least one person in the Northern Mariana Islands, shocking residents and officials used to riding out monster storms in the U.S. territory in the Pacific. A day after Super Typhoon Yutu slammed…
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New coastline emerges as Kilauea pumps more lava to the sea
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save HONOLULU — Lava from the Kilauea volcano that flowed into Kapoho Bay has created nearly a mile of new land and officials with the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday the flow is still very active…
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Hawaii officials airlift 4 residents after lava crosses road
PAHOA, Hawaii — Fast-moving lava crossed a road and isolated about 40 homes Friday in a rural subdivision below Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, forcing at least four people to be evacuated by county and National Guard helicopters. Hawaii County Civil Defense said police, firefighters and National Guard troops were securing the area of the Big Island…
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‘It smelled like sulfur:’ Ash falls near Hawaii volcano
VOLCANO, Hawaii — Hawaii residents covered their faces with masks after a volcano menacing the Big Island for weeks exploded, sending a mixture of pulverized rock, glass and crystal into the air in its strongest eruption of sandlike ash in days. The Kilauea volcano exploded at its summit shortly after 4 a.m. Thursday following two…
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New volcanic lava fissure in Hawaii prompts more evacuations
PAHOA, Hawaii — A new volcanic fissure on Hawaii’s Big Island sent gases and lava exploding into the air, prompting officials to issue calls for more evacuations as residents awaited a possible major eruption at Kilauea volcano’s summit. Hawaii County Civil Defense issued an emergency cellphone alert after the fissure was discovered early Sunday morning.…
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Slopes of volcano offer lush, affordable piece of paradise
PAHOA, Hawaii — As lava crawled down Leilani Road in a hissing, popping mass, Cheryl Griffith stood in its path and placed a plant in a crack in the ground as an offering to the Native Hawaiian volcano goddess, Pele. Griffith lives in Leilani Estates, a subdivision on the Big Island where molten rock from…
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Officials: 26 homes, 4 other buildings destroyed by volcano
PAHOA, Hawaii— The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano jumped to 26 on Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet (61 meters) into the air. In revised figures, Hawaii County officials said another four unspecified structures were covered by lava. Some of the more than 1,700 people who evacuated prepared…
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Hawaii volcano destroys 31 homes, spews lava 200 feet in air
PAHOA, Hawaii — The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano jumped to 31 on Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet (61 meters) into the air. Some of the more than 1,700 people who evacuated prepared for the possibility they may not return for quite some time. Hawaii officials said…