Caleb Jones, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Ingrid Yang, left, and Kelly Bruno, both of San Diego, take a photo in front of lava erupting from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano Wednesday near Hilo, Hawaii.

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Viewers flock to see lava flow

by Caleb Jones Associated Press, and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressNovember 30, 2022

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — The world’s largest volcano oozed rivers of glowing lava Wednesday, drawing thousands of awestruck viewers who jammed a Hawaiian highway that could soon be covered by the flow.Mauna Loa awoke from its 38-year slumber Sunday,…

Lava pours out of the summit crater of Mauna Loa about 6:35 a.m. Monday, as seen from Gilbert Kahele Recreation Area on Maunakea, Hawaii.

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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupts

by Caleb Jones Associated PressNovember 28, 2022

In this April 5, 2021 photo provided by Matthew Chauvin, a juvenile Hawaiian monk seal rests on top of a pile of ghost nets on the windward shores of Laysan Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. A crew has returned from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands with a boatload of marine plastic and abandoned fishing nets that threaten to entangle endangered Hawaiian monk seals and other marine animals on the tiny, uninhabited beaches stretching for more than 1,300 miles north of...

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Crew hauls tons of plastic out of remote Hawaii atolls

by Caleb Jones Associated PressApril 22, 2021

Bystanders watch black smoke billowing from a house fire after a shooting and domestic incident at a residence on Hibiscus Road near Diamond Head on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in Honolulu. Witnesses say at least two Honolulu police officers were shot and two civilians were injured. Moments after the shooting, the house was set on fire, possibly by the suspect. (Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)

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Homes burn after killing of 2 police in Honolulu

by Caleb Jones Associated Press, Jennifer Kelleher Associated Press, and Marco Garcia Associated PressJanuary 19, 2020

A security guard stands outside the main gate at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. A shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii left at least one person injured Wednesday, military and hospital officials said. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam spokesman Charles Anthony confirmed that there was an active shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

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Sailor kills 2 civilians at Pearl Harbor

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press, and Caleb Jones Associated PressDecember 5, 2019

People stand near floodwaters from Hurricane Lane in Hilo, Hawaii. Some of Hawaii's most iconic beaches could soon be underwater as rising sea levels caused by global warming overtake its white sand beaches and bustling city streets. That’s alarming for a state where beach tourism is the primary economic driver.

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Waikiki flood concerns spur push for shore protection

by Caleb Jones Associated PressApril 21, 2019

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Typhoon Yutu east of Guam Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 24, 2018 local time. The storm crossed over the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, producing damaging winds and high surf. The National Weather Service in Honolulu says maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 kph) were recorded around the eye of the storm, which passed over Tinian island and Saipan early Thursday morning local time. Waves of 25 to 40 feet (6 to 12 meters) are expected around the eye of the storm. (NOAA via AP)

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Northern Marianas slammed by typhoon, face slow recovery

by Caleb Jones Associated Press, and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressOctober 25, 2018

A hole in the roof of a tour boat is shown after an explosion sent lava flying through it, off the Big Island of Hawaii Monday.

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Lava explosion hits tour boat, injures 23

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press, and Caleb Jones Associated PressJuly 16, 2018

Marie Brant, of Laguna Niguel, Calif., watches as ash rises from the summit crater of Kilauea volcano, Thursday, May 17, 2018, in Volcano, Hawaii. Brant is on vacation in Hawaii. The volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted anew Thursday shortly after 4 a.m. with little sound and only modest fury, spewing a steely gray plume of ash about 30,000 feet into the sky that began raining down on a nearby town. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

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Kilauea erupts, spews huge cloud of ash

by Sophia Yan Associated Press, and Caleb Jones Associated PressMay 17, 2018

In this May 7, 2018 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, smoke rises from a fissure in Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Hawaii. Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano has destroyed homes and forced the evacuations of more than a thousand people.

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Living on Hawaii volcano offers affordable paradise, risks

by Caleb Jones Associated PressMay 8, 2018