A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits almost two weeks after Tonga was devastated by a volcanic eruption and tsunami, according to USGS data
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Posted inStory / Tonga
Tonga tsunami: ‘Kids were screaming as if a war was upon us’
Sheltered only by small tarpaulins and mats, a Tongan family watched ash and rock fall from the sky, and huge waves crash over the island. “We came down to an island that was completely wiped out.
Posted inStory / Tonga
Tonga: Aid ramped up after eruption and tsunami
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
Posted inOpinion / Tonga
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
Posted inStory / Tonga
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
Posted inOpinion / Tonga
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
Posted inStory / Tonga
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
Posted inStory / Tonga
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.
Posted inStory / Polynesia
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.
Posted inStory / Tonga
‘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.”