On the 14th anniversary of the 2009 tsunami, Samoa’s Acting PM stressed the need for greater climate crisis awareness, urging stronger global efforts to address climate change impacts while affected families recover and relocate to safer places
Tag: Tsunami
Tonga – On the frontline of sea level rise
Early data from the January tsunami indicates that Tonga needs to add another metre to its sea walls to be safe from future tsunamis, writes Commonwealth National Climate Finance Adviser
‘Is there going to be another tsunami?’: Tonga in limbo a year after volcano eruption
The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai caused devastation across the Pacific Island nation that remains ongoing a year later
“Mommy, I’m Cold”
A single mother’s struggle during the 15th of January, Volcanic Eruption, Tonga. “I have never cried this much in all my life.”
Elusive atmospheric wave detected during Tonga volcanic eruption
Researchers find a special atmospheric wave during Tonga volcanic eruption that has never proven to occur in nature, until now
Wave created by Tonga volcanic eruption was nine times taller than any other tsunami
“We are under-prepared for volcanic tsunamis,” says Research author after finding the wave created by Tonga volcanic eruption was among very few tsunamis powerful enough to travel around the globe
Tonga eruption blasted ‘unprecedented’ amount of water into atmosphere, which could weaken the ozone layer
Tonga eruption hurled an unprecedented amount of water vapor into the atmosphere that could influence atmospheric chemistry and lead to a temporary depletion of the ozone layer, NASA says
People forced to move within Tonga following volcano and tsunami
Volcanologist says there’s a resettlement scheme to help people affected by the volcanic disaster relocate to other islands in Tonga as small-scale eruptions are expected
Mango island community to rebuild on ‘Eua, under island development programme
Mango islanders affected by the tsunamis and volcano eruption early this year will now have their homes rebuilt on the land identified in ‘Eua
Tonga volcano was the most ferocious eruption in 140 years
The powerful volcanic eruption near Tonga sent rarely observed pressure waves around the globe for six days and unleashed an unexpected type of tsunami wave, according to studies