Tonga Red Cross SG says there is an urgent need for the people of Tonga to have access to safe water sources in the days and weeks to come. Ash has settled in water tanks
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Tonga eruption was so intense, it caused the atmosphere to ring like a bell
The eruption near Tonga was so powerful it caused the atmosphere to ring like a bell, though at a frequency too low to hear, writes Emeritus Professor
SES satellite service beams into Tonga
Digicel chooses SES to restore vital communications for Tonga with the outside world following the volcanic eruption that sent tsunami waves
Long-term planning crucial to Tonga’s recovery
A flurry of relief activity immediately after disasters seldom results in long-term recovery, writes Sandeeka Mannakkara, and Tonga should take care to achieve both
Volcanic eruption impacting Tonga’s agriculture
Professor Tom Wilson says in the weeks and months ahead it will become clear which crops will survive and grow while studying the eruption’s impact on Tonga’s agriculture
Tonga eruption equivalent to hundreds of Hiroshimas: NASA
NASA said the Tonga eruption was equivalent to hundreds of Hiroshimas. Also, blanketing in a layer of toxic ash, poisoning drinking water, destroying crops and completely wiping out at least two villages.
Rare coral reef discovered near Tahiti is ‘like a work of art’, says diver
Scientific research supported by UNESCO discovered one of the largest rose-shaped coral reefs in the world off the coast of Tahiti.
‘We had to mimic to everyone to run’: how Tonga’s volcano and tsunami disaster unfolded
Journalist Marian Kupu recounts the moment of the eruption and the panic that followed. “Everything is just dead. There is just mud, dust everywhere.”
Tongan government says 85 percent of population impacted by ash fall and tsunami after volcanic eruption
Tonga is on a long road to recovery as 85 percent of the population are affected by violent eruption followed by tsunami. Clean water is still their main request.
Tonga struggles with ash, psychological trauma after eruption and tsunami
Families have stopped children playing outside as Tonga struggles to deal with ash and the psychological fallout of last week’s volcanic eruption and tsunami, aid workers and residents said.