San Clemente Island is owned by the U.S. Navy and is largely inaccessible to civilians. Recently, a wildfire caused extensive ...

This could possibly have referred to Croatoan Island, which was about 50 miles south of Roanoke. Storms forced White and his ...

But that’s not what gives Lanzarote its nickname ‘Island of Fire’. The island hasn’t experienced a volcanic eruption in 200 years, but that’s hard to believe given the heat emanating ...

Photograph by Stuart Conway WITH PERMISSION OF TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM Croatoan was the name of both a barrier island to the south and the indigenous people who lived there, Carolina ...

The disappearance of the Roanoke Colony, marked only by the word "Croatoan," remains a mystery ... 120 inhabitants abruptly ...

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russian services had not issued any alerts on higher levels of radiation in the atmosphere after Norway said it detected elevated levels of radioactive caesium ...

A small plane landed on a beach on Fire Island on Monday morning. At least 4 shark bites reported off Long Island in recent days 2 more possible shark bites reported off Long Island on July 4th 15 ...

The Falkland Islands government Chief Executive, Andy Keeling in an open statement has thanked all those involved in the response to the Sea Lion Island fire since Friday 8 March. “A great deal ...

Clashes between these two titans were inevitable. Ironically, one of the most fateful came over a sliver of land in the Atlantic Ocean—Fire Island, a barrier beach off of Long Island. Fire Island is ...

“Mutual aid. It saved us that night. The outcome would have been different,” Block Island Volunteer Fire Department Chief Chris Hobe said last week. While forces – both human and natural ...

A fire can give off incredible amounts of heat. A room fire can range from 100 degrees at floor level to 1,200 or more degrees at the ceiling. Skin can burn with permanent injuries at 160 degrees. The ...

Ocean Bay Park offers something rare on Fire Island — a hotel with a swimming pool. The community also boasts two restaurants on the bay — Flynn’s and The Schooner Inn. Ferries go from Bay ...