CANBERRA, Australia-- A South Pacific airline announced Monday that a passenger died when a plane crashed into a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia last week. Air Niugini had initially said all 47 ...

It’s been a month since Typhoon Wutip charged through Micronesia and an outer island of Chuuk still is reeling from the storm. Houk is just 2 miles by 0.6 miles, with 500-plus residents. It’s 180 ...

There is an independence push that could see the break-up of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the North Pacific. The move, which claims more than 50 per cent support to end 30 years of ...

A broad tropical disturbance, JTWWC Invest 97W, is loosely centered 400 miles west-southwest of Chuuk Lagoon, or 150 miles south-southwest of Satawal, according to the National Weather Service Guam.

A University of Guam team led by Associate Professor William Jeffery has received grant funding to identify, survey, and help preserve the less-documented World War II sites, including three unlocated ...

The islands of Chuuk, part of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), received a direct hit late on Sunday from Typhoon Maysak, and the Yap group of islands is next in the typhoon’s path. Maysak hit ...