Tag: Tonga
Situation after the volcanic eruption – help arrives in Tonga – long-term damage feared – News
contents The islands of the kingdom are struggling with the aftermath of the volcanic eruption. The first plane with aid packages has landed. What is most needed: The biggest problem…
Pictures of the week: South Sea island of Tonga buried under a layer of ash after a volcanic eruption
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Volcanic eruption in the South Seas – Communication with Tonga will be difficult for weeks – News
Communications with the South Seas archipelago of Tonga are expected to remain disrupted for weeks following the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai subsea volcano. The New Zealand government announced that the…
Tsunami in the Tonga Islands: a Briton dies trying to save the dogs of her shelter
DRAMA – A 50-year-old Briton, swept away by the tsunami caused by the powerful volcanic eruption in the Tonga Islands, was found dead after trying to save dogs from her…
Tonga: Undersea cable repair will take ‘at least’ four weeks
It will take at least a month to repair an undersea communication cable linking the Tonga islands – devastated by an eruption and a tsunami – to the rest of…
After a volcanic eruption off Tonga: oil spill on the Peruvian coast
Tidal waves triggered by the volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga have triggered an oil spill in Peru, more than 10,000 kilometers away, according to authorities. The authorities blocked…
France offers aid to the Tonga islands after the tsunami
Published on 01/18/2022 at 00:53 Photo credit © Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – France stands ready to come to the aid of the people of the Tonga islands after the tsunami…
Eruption and tsunami in the Pacific: the threat ended, significant damage in Tonga, two dead in Peru
“The tsunami had a significant impact on the northern coastline of Nuku’alofa”, the capital of the Tonga islands, “with boats and large rocks washed ashore”, but no casualties were reported…
First pictures from Tonga – Volcano turns South Sea island into lunar landscape – News
Three days after the massive eruption of the submarine volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai in the Pacific, the extent of the damage and the number of possible victims are still unclear. Meanwhile, there…
Impressive pictures – How the volcano transformed the Tonga region into a “moon landscape”
There hasn’t been a volcanic eruption as massive as the one in the Pacific over the weekend in decades. The consequences are still unclear, because there are hardly any connections…
Eruption in Tonga: residents flee, tsunami warnings across the Pacific
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Saturday, causing residents of the archipelago to flee. A massive explosion sound, heard hundreds of miles away and tsunami warnings across the Pacific.…
Volcanic eruption near Tonga: What is known so far
There hasn’t been a volcanic eruption as massive as the one in the Pacific over the weekend in decades. The consequences of the eruption are still unclear. A satellite image…