According to police, the woman was crossing Leleuli Street outside of a marked crosswalk when she was hit. 15-year-old Tressa ...

15-year-old Tressa is back home after she was pulled from the cesspit in her owner’s yard in Haiku on Tuesday. With help from ...

Multiple state agencies estimate there are over 80,000 cesspools statewide and experts believe it contributes to about 52 ...

Sewage in Keaukaha is leaching into groundwater 10 times faster than previously believed, according to a study by University of Hawaii scientists.

Keaukaha, home to Hilo’s sewage treatment plant, also has numerous cesspools near the shoreline. Wastewater from these ...

Storms caused severe floods on roads in Hawaii. Residents experienced severe thunderstorms and strong gusts of wind over parts of the state on January 31. Footage shows roads submerged in ankle-deep ...

Driving rain battered homes in Honolulu, Hawaii. Residents experienced severe thunderstorms and intense gusts of wind on January 30 at 6 pm. Footage shows heavy rainfall engulfing houses, along with a ...

There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, but Kilauea is the real "must-see." A 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active since Jan. 3, 1983.

A judge sentenced a powerful former US senator to 11 years in prison Wednesday, after he was convicted of corruption following the discovery of gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in ...

Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K. His focus is reporting on nature and science. He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather, zoonotic diseases and more.

Wellfleet property owners with cesspools, those who plan to sell, those who are expanding living space or increasing septic flow will need to upgrade their Title 5 septic systems to ones that do ...