AP: A hot-air tourist balloon carrying seven in Peru has fallen into the Pacific Ocean. Authorities say they have rescued five women; the craft’s pilot and another man remain missing.
None of the people on the flight were wearing life jackets, according to an official. Authorities say the women survived because they remained in the balloon’s basket, which floated in the water.
Dock apparently from Japan tsunami washes ashore on US beach
AP: A dock that apparently was ripped away from Japanese waters by a tsunami and drifted for more than a year-and-a-half across 5,000 miles of the Pacific washed ashore on a remote beach between La Push and the Hoh River on the northwest tip of Washington.
Photo: In this June 6, 2012, photo, a man looks at the tsunami dock that washed ashore on Agate Beach in Newport, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Mass of volcanic rocks discovered off New Zealand coast
A mass of small volcanic rocks nearly the size of Belgium has been discovered floating off the coast of New Zealand.
Stretching 250 nautical miles by 30 nautical miles, scientists say the rocks likely spewed up in an eruption by an underwater volcano. Read more from The Associated Press.
Photo: An area of floating pumice is spotted southwest of Raoul island, off the coast of New Zealand, on Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo / New Zealand Defence Force, Nicole Munro)
