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# pacific - Last month October 2022

Hurricane Roslyn hits Mexico's Pacific coast

# Category 3

Hurricane Roslyn hits Mexico's Pacific coast

Oct 23rd 2022, 4:08 PM 10,557 Views 0 Comments

The hurricane is expected to produce a life-threatening storm surge

# pacific - All time

Radradra on Fiji's wing as Cheika pairs Hooper and Pocock in Wallaby back row

# Pool D

From The42

# Pool D

Radradra on Fiji's wing as Cheika pairs Hooper and Pocock in Wallaby back row

Sep 19th 2019, 11:32 AM 5,651 Views 5 Comments

The Australia coach was reluctant to suggest that the duo could also start together against Wales in week two.

Sexton leads critics of 'out-of-touch' proposal for new 12-team World Rugby tournament

# Global Season

From The42

# Global Season

Sexton leads critics of 'out-of-touch' proposal for new 12-team World Rugby tournament

Feb 28th 2019, 8:27 AM 50,687 Views 50 Comments

There was no place for Fiji, Samoa or Tonga in the proposed tournament, with emerging TV markets Japan and USA preferred.

Photos: The 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Willa crashes into Mexico's Pacific coast

# Storm

Photos: The 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Willa crashes into Mexico's Pacific coast

Oct 24th 2018, 7:30 AM 13,794 Views 3 Comments

The eye of the storm was on the edge of the Mexican coast overnight.

Plane 'lands short of the runway' and ditches into Pacific lagoon

# Micronesia

Plane 'lands short of the runway' and ditches into Pacific lagoon

Sep 28th 2018, 7:06 AM 27,975 Views 13 Comments

It said there were no serious injuries; the airline didn’t specify what caused the accident.

# OCEAN CLEAN UP

The Ocean Cleanup project sails out to sweep Pacific plastic

Sep 9th 2018, 9:25 AM 31,418 Views 29 Comments

The ambitious project hopes to clean up half of an infamous garbage patch within five years.

Powerful storm levels Tonga's parliament house and heads towards Fiji

# Cyclone Gita

Powerful storm levels Tonga's parliament house and heads towards Fiji

Feb 13th 2018, 7:44 AM 9,980 Views 0 Comments

Cyclone Gita caused power outages after tearing through the island nation just south of the capital.

North Korea's latest missile test 'explodes' upon launch

# Try Try Again

North Korea's latest missile test 'explodes' upon launch

Mar 22nd 2017, 7:07 AM 17,507 Views 22 Comments

North Korea is under several sets of United Nations sanctions over its atomic and ballistic missile programmes.

Starving teenage boy rescued 'by chance' after nearly two weeks at sea without food

# Chance Discovery

Starving teenage boy rescued 'by chance' after nearly two weeks at sea without food

Feb 23rd 2017, 9:02 AM 32,458 Views 16 Comments

The boy was found along with three fishermen in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of northern California

# USA

6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of northern California

Dec 8th 2016, 3:45 PM 21,774 Views 18 Comments

Seismologists said that no major tsunami threat was expected.

Two men washed up on uninhabited Pacific island saved after writing 'SOS' in the sand

# Cast Away

Two men washed up on uninhabited Pacific island saved after writing 'SOS' in the sand

Aug 27th 2016, 3:02 PM 48,172 Views 28 Comments

The men were stranded for about 8 days.

"Is there a doctor on board?" - Watch this woman give birth in a plane over the Pacific

# Baby On Board

"Is there a doctor on board?" - Watch this woman give birth in a plane over the Pacific

Oct 16th 2015, 8:32 AM 21,866 Views 15 Comments

Six flight attendants wearing surgical masks can be seen

Bodies of soldiers found in cave 70 years after brutal WWII battle

# Pacific

Bodies of soldiers found in cave 70 years after brutal WWII battle

Apr 1st 2015, 12:44 PM 27,074 Views 75 Comments

More than 70 years later, remains have been recovered.

Detectives hunting the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart have travelled to a remote Pacific island

# The Aviator

Detectives hunting the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart have travelled to a remote Pacific island

Jan 25th 2015, 2:47 PM 33,572 Views 17 Comments

Earhart disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the world.

Three dead after tourist catamaran sinks off Costa Rica

# Huge Wave

Three dead after tourist catamaran sinks off Costa Rica

Jan 8th 2015, 9:37 PM 16,394 Views 5 Comments

Rescuers have plucked 94 people from the sea so far.

Orion: A successful Planet Earth landing for NASA's latest test-flight

# Splash-land

Orion: A successful Planet Earth landing for NASA's latest test-flight

Dec 5th 2014, 9:05 PM 7,871 Views 28 Comments

The craft flew further and faster than any capsule built for humans since the Apollo moon program — 42 years ago.

Sixteen people have died in a huge fire consuming the outskirts of a Chilean port city

# Valparaiso

Sixteen people have died in a huge fire consuming the outskirts of a Chilean port city

Apr 13th 2014, 12:59 PM 10,736 Views 0 Comments

The military has taken over security in the city of Valparaiso.

Castaway says dreams about his family (and food) sustained him

# Adrift

Castaway says dreams about his family (and food) sustained him

Feb 4th 2014, 9:52 AM 16,583 Views 29 Comments

Fisherman Jose Salvador Alvarenga said he thought about suicide during his 13 months adrift in the Pacific.

"I feel bad": Castaway arrives home after year adrift at sea

# Sail Away

"I feel bad": Castaway arrives home after year adrift at sea

Feb 3rd 2014, 6:10 PM 37,950 Views 47 Comments

Jose Ivan said he had set sail from Mexico on Christmas Eve, 2012.

Victims engulfed in ash as volcano kills at least 15

# Eruption

Victims engulfed in ash as volcano kills at least 15

Feb 2nd 2014, 9:57 AM 13,556 Views 8 Comments

Victims were covered by scorching clouds during the eruption.

# At Sea

Castaway survived 16 months adrift at sea by eating turtles

Feb 1st 2014, 10:15 AM 38,567 Views 38 Comments

The man washed up on Thursday and said he has been floating in the Pacific since September 2012.

# Earthquake

Earthquake sends New Zealand office workers scrambling

Aug 16th 2013, 10:21 AM 8,942 Views 14 Comments

No tsunami warning has been issued after a 6.5 magnitude temblor hit the country’s South Island.

Teenage girl beheads father after he rapes her

# Papua New Guinea

Teenage girl beheads father after he rapes her

Jun 17th 2013, 8:49 AM 35,269 Views 69 Comments

Community leaders in the village in Papua New Guinea have protected the 18-year-old, saying the man deserved to die.

# Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart search expedition finds 'debris field' off Pacific island

Aug 20th 2012, 7:16 PM 9,128 Views 9 Comments

High-res footage has revealed “a scattering of man-made objects” in location consistent with 1937 photo which sparked search.

In photos: Philippines battered by Typhoon Saola

# Flooding

In photos: Philippines battered by Typhoon Saola

Jul 31st 2012, 11:55 AM 3,897 Views 1 Comment

At least eight killed and tens of thousands displaced by Pacific storm.

# Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart search project prepares to launch new expedition

Jul 2nd 2012, 12:42 PM 3,495 Views 5 Comments

New search will focus on area of underwater reef along the Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro.

# Denis O'Brien

Denis O'Brien's Digicel hits profits of more that $1bn

Jun 6th 2012, 1:40 PM 2,665 Views 12 Comments

It’s the first time the telecoms group has reached profits of this level. It operates across the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific.

# Tsunami

Football washes up on Alaskan island a year after Japan's tsunami

Apr 23rd 2012, 12:52 PM 2,777 Views 6 Comments

Football travelled over 5,000km after a tsunami struck the north-eastern coast of Japan in March 2011.

# Ghost Ship

'Ghost ship' from Japan tsunami spotted off Canada

Mar 26th 2012, 8:28 AM 6,930 Views 18 Comments

The fishing vessel has spent the last year drifting all the way across the Pacific with nobody on board.

# Amelia Earhart

Fresh search for Amelia Earhart and navigator 75 years after disappearance

Mar 20th 2012, 4:06 PM 6,130 Views 13 Comments

Earhart and Fred Noonan went missing over the Pacific in 1937, but the remains of their aircraft have never been found.

WATCH: Tsunami debris spreading across the Pacific towards Hawaii

# Japan

WATCH: Tsunami debris spreading across the Pacific towards Hawaii

Mar 11th 2012, 8:15 AM 8,599 Views 14 Comments

Homes, boats, cars, household appliances and other objects were washed into the ocean following the tsunami last year. This animated model shows how it is still moving across the Pacific.

Pacific island nation considers moving over climate change fears

# Kiribati

Pacific island nation considers moving over climate change fears

Mar 9th 2012, 12:40 PM 6,507 Views 19 Comments

Kiribatis president says some villages have already been relocated because of rising the sea level.

In pictures: the natural disasters of 2011

# Review 2011

In pictures: the natural disasters of 2011

Dec 28th 2011, 6:50 PM 6,771 Views 6 Comments

Last year saw a number of major natural disasters strike, including earthquakes in Japan, New Zealand and Turkey, volcanic eruptions in Chile and Iceland, and severe tropical storms in Asia.

# Mexico

Seven bodies dumped at Mexico resort town bus stop

Oct 3rd 2011, 10:04 AM 642 Views 3 Comments

At least 20 people were killed over the weekend in Mexico, according to police reports.

# Chile

Popular TV host among 21 killed as Chilean air force plane crashes

Sep 3rd 2011, 12:35 PM 616 Views 3 Comments

Chilean television personality Felipe Camiroaga was flying to the island to do a program on the reconstruction of Juan Fernandez island following an earthquake and tsunami last year.

Sixty big name brands continuing to use sweatshop labour

# Sweatshops

Sixty big name brands continuing to use sweatshop labour

May 3rd 2011, 3:39 PM 156,448 Views 4 Comments

A lobby group has examined 83 factories across Indonesia, Sri Lanka and The Philippines and found “widespread violations and abuses of workers’ rights”.

# Digicel

From Business ETC

# Digicel

O’Brien to sell Digicel firms to world’s richest man

Mar 14th 2011, 3:10 PM 1,335 Views 1 Comment

Denis O’Brien’s Honduras and El Salvador telecommunications businesses are to be acquired by Mexican businessman Carlos Slim – recently named as the world’s richest man by Forbes.