The person was admitted to a New Zealand hospital in serious condition.

Passengers aboard an Orlando-bound Delta flight had to evacuate via slide after the aircraft made an emergency landing on a taxiway at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after takeoff Saturday morning.

Experts say more than 100,000 acres of grapevines could disappear in three years as demand drops, contracts dry up, and imports add new pressure.

The solar eruption observed in 1859 arrived before modern electric grids, satellites and global communications made society dependent on vulnerable technology. A storm of comparable strength today could induce currents in long conductors and damage key grid…

Cancelled flights in the United States soared into the hundreds due to staffing shortages, weather and technical issues.

A large Utah wildfire kept emergency responders from safely reaching the remote site of a helicopter crash on Saturday as other fires burned across several Western states, including one that closed part of Mount Rainier National Park. The Friday morning crash…

Firefighters said high winds caused a small grass fire near a sparking digital billboard to quickly spread, forcing a temporary closure of the turnpike.

A vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile and caught fire off Oman, just 18 nautical miles east of Khasab, according to UKMTO. The fire was extinguished and the vessel and crew are safe, but the incident comes as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz…

Authorities responded to battle a fire by the California Tactical Academy off of Holser Canyon Road near Lake Piru in Ventura County on Aug. 8.

The British Columbia government has declared a provincial state of emergency after a ferocious wildfire forced 20,000 people out of two communities along Okanagan Lake, with helicopters diverted from the fire fight plucking dozens to safety.

A portion of Highway 99 in Selma is closed off after a gas tanker semi exploded on Saturday morning, causing a fire.

The fire was first reported at around 3:30 p.m. near Highway 138 and 210th Street West near the community known as Neenach in the Antelope Valley.

A chemical fire ignited at a construction site in Star on Friday, forcing evacuations and shutting down State Street.

The Frijoles Fire, which is burning in hard-to-access terrain near the Rio Frijoles, is still at zero percent containment.

Police are continuing to search for a man who is suspected of killing his father and setting fire to his Greenville home to cover it up.

An alligator bit a woman's arm on Aug. 8 at Ray Wayside Park in east Marion County, according to Marion County Fire Rescue. Here's what we know: