Fueled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the fire started Tuesday and took Maui by surprise, racing through parched brush covering the island.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for six products due to Listeria contamination concerns following an outbreak of illnesses in the U.S.
The Perseid meteor shower occurs annually but this year’s display is expected to be extra spectacular as the waning crescent moon provides an extra-dark background.
Record-high sea temperatures in the northeastern Atlantic are raising concerns by conservationists about how well marine ecosystems can survive in a disrupted food web.
Wildfires that overtook the town of Lahaina on Maui have reduced what was once the royal kingdom of the Hawaiian islands to a pile of smouldering rubble and ash.