Pacific Ocean Coverage

Guam 'very blessed' with no early reports of major damage in the messy aftermath of Typhoon Mawar

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) -- Chainsaws buzzed Friday as neighbors helped neighbors clear toppled trees and began cleaning the wreckage of Typhoon Mawar, which walloped Guam as the strongest typhoon to hit the island in over two decades but appeared to have passed without leaving death or massive destruction in its wake.

By GRACE GARCES BORDALLO and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press

Aquarium records glowing waves on California coast

Bioluminescent waves put on quite a show last week for residents of Monterey Bay, California.

Caught on camera: California teen attacked by sea lion

A California teenager is recovering from injuries she suffered when she was bitten by a sea lion on a California beach. Officials say such attacks are rare and are now treating the sea lion for domoic acid poisoning which is a toxin that effects the brain.

Man swims 1,000 miles in the Pacific

Ben Lecomte, the endurance swimmer attempting to become the first man to swim across the Pacific Ocean, crossed the one-thousand nautical mile mark on his epic journey on Monday.