Tag: Tonga
After volcanic eruption – fear of Covid introduction makes relief operations in Tonga more difficult – News
Relief operations are picking up speed eleven days after the volcanic eruption off the South Pacific island of Tonga. Above all, drinking water treatment plants and material for the reconstruction…
New images of the devastated Tonga islands after the tsunami
The eruption and then the tsunami affected more than 80% of the approximately 100,000 inhabitants of Tonga. The images bear witness to the gravity of the situation. The people of…
Volcanic eruption in the Tonga Islands: a hundred times more powerful than Hiroshima
Laure Dautriche edited by Wassila Belhacine 2:41 p.m., January 25, 2022modified to 5:19 p.m., January 25, 2022 The January 15 eruption in the Tonga Islands, heard as far away as…
In Tonga, a volcano, a tsunami, and cut communications
The volcanic eruption and then the tsunami that hit the Tonga Islands caused the rupture of a communication cable, isolating the archipelago from the rest of the world. So much…
After the eruption in Tonga: A mega volcano is also dormant in Europe
1/12 The Marsili lies in the Mediterranean Sea and slumbers there. 2/12 The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Saturday was one of the most severe in decades…
Eruption of Hunga Tonga reached tremendous heights
Since communication with the Pacific state of Tonga is still difficult at best, the full extent of the disaster can only be estimated slowly. What is certain is that after…
The first emergency aid planes have arrived in Tonga
By Sudouest.fr with AFPPosted on 01/20/2022 at 6:35 a.m.Updated on 01/20/2022 at 7:53 p.m. The first two planes carrying long-awaited emergency aid took off Thursday morning for the Tonga Islands,…
Tonga: race against time to allow the arrival of emergency aid
The race against time continued on Wednesday (January 19th) in the Tonga Islands to clear the ash covering the country’s main airstrip and allow the arrival of planes carrying emergency…
Humanitarian aid finally arrives in the Tonga Islands, devastated by a volcanic eruption and a tsunami
International solidarity Planes can once again land in the Polynesian archipelago. The aid will be delivered without any physical contact in the hope of preventing the entry into the country…
Tonga volcanic eruption – is the global climate now cooling down, Felix Blumer? – News
The eruption of the submarine volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai triggered a huge pressure wave and emitted huge amounts of sulfur dioxide. Felix Blumer from SRF Meteo knows what this eruption means for…
Tonga: the first emergency aid planes have arrived
The first planes carrying emergency aid and communications equipment landed on Thursday in the Tonga Islands, cut off from the world five days after a devastating eruption and tsunami. The…
Tonga volcanic eruption: Satellite and aerial images show ash-covered islands
A few days after the devastating volcanic eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, satellite images give a first impression of the destruction caused in the island state of Tonga. The…