All that coastal living catches up with you in the Ocean State.

He added as an ocean state and a coastal state it is important Hawaii takes a leadership role on this issue.

Indian Ocean states showed today they were much better prepared to deal with the possibility of another killer tsunami following the earthquake off Indonesia yesterday.

Sugar, a centuries-old pillar of the economy, accounts for roughly 1.2 percent of the Indian Ocean state's $10 billion gross domestic product.