Tonga Volcanic Eruption

Tsunami models underestimated shockwave from Tonga eruption
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Tsunami models underestimated shockwave from Tonga eruption

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption triggered a tsunami that destroyed villages and resorts and knocked out communications for the South Pacific nation of about 105,000 people

A satellite image shows Mango islands after Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption, in Tonga, January 20, 2022. Photo :Reuters
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Tongans fear never seeing loved ones again amid communications void

Australian Defence Forces members unload humanitarian assistance and engineering equipment from an aircraft at Fua'amotu International Airport, Tonga, 20 January, 2022. Australian Department Of Defence/Handout via REUTERS
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World rushes aid to tsunami-hit Tonga as drinking water, food runs short

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Tonga likely to spend a month without internet cable

Two people drowned by abnormally high waves in Peru after Tonga volcano
Africa

Two people drowned by abnormally high waves in Peru after Tonga volcano

A Planet SkySat image shows a plume of smoke rising from the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai days before its eruption on Jan 15, in Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, Tonga, Jan, 2022. Planet Labs PBC/via Reuters
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Significant tsunami damage feared in Tonga, communications still cut

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern participates in a televised debate with National leader Judith Collins at TVNZ in Auckland, New Zealand, September 22, 2020. Photo :Reuters
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No reports of injuries or deaths in Tonga yet, New Zealand's Ardern says