A 51-year-old hiker who went missing on Lantau Island has been found dead after a two-day search amid a heatwave in Hong Kong. Authorities launched a search for the man, surnamed Chan, on Thursday after his wife made a report to police that morning. She said he had not returned home after leaving for a…
Hong Kong authorities launched a search on Thursday for a 51-year-old man who failed to return home after setting out on a hike on Lantau Island the previous day, when the city recorded its highest temperature of the year. The man, surnamed Chan, left home on Wednesday morning, telling his family he planned to tackle…
Two hikers were hospitalized after fighting off a brown bear on an Alaskan trail, officials said Wednesday. The two people, who were not named by authorities, were about a quarter-mile up the Exit Glacier Trail in the Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, Alaska, the state Department of Public Safety said in a news release….