Three hikers died from apparent heat-related illnesses in the Grand Canyon over the past week. Temperatures in the inner canyon can exceed 109°F. The U.S. National Park Service urged hikers to avoid trails during peak heat hours.
A Canadian company, K2 Gold, has received approval for gold exploration at Conglomerate Mesa in California, sparking a conflict with Indigenous tribes and environmentalists who view the area as sacred and ecologically vital. The project, approved by the Bureau of Land Management, is seen by some as a new gold rush facilitated by relaxed regulations, while others highlight potential economic benefits for the small town of Lone Pine.
Three elderly hikers (70s) missing in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, found after 12-hour rescue; no hospital treatment needed.
An Indonesian guide who led hikers up Mount Dukono has described the moment of Friday's eruption which killed three people.
Speaking about her stepbrother Timothy Heng, Tessa Oh said that his family knew him to be someone who put others before himself and showed up for the people in his life. Early on, hearing that he was still on Indonesia’s Mount Dukono after it erupted while most of his fellow hikers had been evacuated, “my first thought was that he must have [run] back and tried to help someone”, the 30-year-old journalist said. More details about his last movements that emerged in a media report and accounts...
Speaking about her stepbrother Timothy Heng, Tessa Oh said that his family knew him to be someone who put others before himself and showed up for the people in his life. Early on, hearing that he was still on Indonesia’s Mount Dukono after it erupted while most of his fellow hikers had been evacuated, “my first thought was that he must have [run] back and tried to help someone”, the 30-year-old journalist said. More details about his last movements that emerged in a media report and accounts...
The search for two missing Singaporean hikers after a volcanic eruption of Mount Dukono was still hampered by continuous eruptions and bad weather on Sunday, an Indonesian official said, though they were feared to be dead. Some 150 personnel with two thermal drones have been deployed since Sunday morning, the head of local rescue agency Iwan Ramdani said, with the focus of the search around 100-150 metres (492 feet) of the crater rim. “However, Mount Dukono continues to erupt and rain is...
Indonesian authorities resumed their search on Saturday for three hikers missing after Mount Dukono erupted on the island of Halmahera, a rescue official said. At least 100 rescuers, military and police personnel, as well as two thermal drones, were deployed to find the two Singaporeans and one Indonesian, said Iwan Ramdani, the head of the local rescue agency. Survivors have told police that three people, including two Singaporeans, died in Friday’s eruption, local police chief Erlichson...
Mount Dukono erupted in North Halmahera, Indonesia, sending a massive ash cloud 10 kilometres into the sky. Three hikers, including two foreigners, were killed and 10 remain missing. Rescue teams are searching for 20 people affected near the volcano, officials said.
Mount Dukono erupted on Friday morning, local time, sending plumes of ash some 10 kilometres into the sky.
Mount Dukono erupted on Friday morning, local time, sending plumes of ash some 10 kilometres into the sky.
Mount Dukono erupted on Friday morning, local time, sending plumes of ash some 10 kilometres into the sky.
Mount Dukono erupted on Friday morning, local time, sending plumes of ash some 10 kilometres into the sky.
Indonesian authorities were rushing to rescue 20 hikers after the eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera Island on Friday, a local rescue agency official said. Mount Dukono, located in North Maluku province, erupted on Friday at 7.41am, spewing volcanic ash as high as 10km (six miles) into the sky, the country’s volcanology agency said. The agency maintained the alert status at the mountain at its third highest level, agency head Lana Saria said in a statement. Iwan Ramdani, the head of...
Three hikers, including two foreigners, were killed and 10 were missing after a volcano on Indonesia’s eastern Halmahera island erupted on Friday, spewing an ash cloud into the air, a local police chief said. “There are three dead, two foreigners and one resident of Ternate” island in east Indonesia, police chief Erlichson Pasaribu of North Halmahera province told Kompas TV. Earlier, a local rescue agency official said authorities were rushing to rescue 20 hikers after the eruption of Mount...
Three hikers – two Singaporeans and a local – died in an eruption on Friday of Indonesia’s Mount Dukono volcano where they found themselves in a no-go zone, officials said. The eruption on Halmahera island sent an ash cloud about 10km (6.2 miles) into the air, with no towns or villages near enough to face any immediate threat. Twenty hikers were on the slopes when disaster struck, North Halmahera police chief Erlichson Pasaribu told reporters at a volcano monitoring station in Mamuya...
Hikers should not underestimate the risks of climbing in Japan during the volatile spring transition in May, a mountaineering expert has warned after two Hong Kong men became stranded in the Northern Alps, one of whom later died. Veteran mountaineer Chung Kin-man said on Wednesday that climbers might develop a false sense of safety due to warmer weather in lowland areas in May, even as conditions in the mountains remained unstable, with risks of snowstorms, strong winds and freezing...
Japanese authorities have rescued one of two Hong Kong hikers stranded on treacherous slopes in the country’s Northern Alps. Gifu Prefecture police dispatched a four-member rescue team, comprising police officers and civilian experts, from the mountain base at dawn on Tuesday in an attempt to reach the duo on foot, according to local media. A disaster prevention helicopter from neighbouring Nagano Prefecture eventually rescued one of the men, who was later transported to a hospital. The other...
Ming Kee Seafood Restaurant, the sole eatery on Hong Kong's southernmost Po Toi Island, may close after half a century. The owner, Leung (in his seventies), said business has declined and he might be forced to shut at the end of next month if he cannot find a partner. The restaurant was popular with boaters anchoring in Tai Wan bay and specialised in seafood dishes like deep-fried salt and pepper squid.
