The first emergency supply plane arrived at Tonga this Thursday, five days after a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami, as scattered communities awaited the arrival of a ship carrying equipment to increase the supply of drinking water. A Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules New Zealand landed at the International Airport Fua’amotu from the South Pacific … Read more
Tonga.- The First humanitarian aid plane arrived in Tonga on Thursday after a “giant effort” to remove the ash that covered the runway of the airport in the capital of the Polynesian country that was the scene of a powerful eruption of an underwater volcano and a tsunami. A C-130 Hercules, which departed this morning … Read more
It is a remote group of islands in the South Pacific now covered in volcanic ash and cut off from the rest of the world. That’s what’s making it difficult for aid to reach Tonga, following Saturday’s volcanic eruption and tsunami. The explosion of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano triggered a tsunami across the Pacific … Read more
Some 84,000 people, more than 80 percent of the Tongan population, have been affected by the volcanic eruption and tsunami last Saturday, as reported by the UN on Wednesday. The spokesman Stéphane Dujarric offered the data in his daily press conference and pointed out that the United Nations considers it a priority to guarantee the … Read more
Tonga.- Since last week, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano recorded activity, but it was not until last Saturday, January 15, when a large explosion occurred in the submarine volcano, located in the South Pacific, which managed to be heard even in US territory. The great detonation in the submarine volcano also caused waves that exceeded … Read more
the huge volcanic eruption in the Pacific island nation of Tonga could cause lasting damage to coral reefs, erode coastlines and disrupt fisheries, warned scientists who study satellite images. Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, an undersea volcano, erupted on Saturday, prompting tsunami warnings in the Pacific. In the first official update, the Tongan government said on Tuesday … Read more
That we have internet at home or at work is the result of a titanic task that began more than a century ago. More than 1 billion meters of submarine cable have been installed since the 19th century to move data over great distances. And the current situation in Tonga, the island nation that has … Read more
Before the loud explosion, two surviving portions were much larger. Photo: Donald Tong/Pexels Satellite images show that the Tonga volcano whose violent eruption caused a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean has practically disappeared after the explosion recorded on Saturdayone of the most powerful in three decades. Recent photographs of the United Nations Satellite Center (UNOSAT) … Read more
The island of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha´apai volcano disappeared almost entirely after violent eruption of January 15 which generated a gigantic mushroom of steam, gas and ash. This strip of land that arose in the middle of Polynesia, created by the eruption in December 2005, no longer exists. This information can be verified by comparing … Read more
Sydney.- Tonga confirmed its first death from the eruption on Tuesday of an underwater volcano last Saturday, one of the most violent in the last 30 years in the world and that was followed by a tsunami, amid difficulties assessing damage in that remote South Pacific island nation. Tonga’s High Commissioner in Canberra, Curtis Tu’ihalangingie, … Read more
Tonga.- The two Mexicans disappeared in the island of tonga were found safe and sound after the eruption of the submarine volcano Hungarian Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, now they seek to return to Mexico action that they have sought for more than a year. Lesli Elisa Nava Flores and Davd Olaf Santillán González, who are biologists from … Read more
Tonga is asking for “immediate help”, in urgent need of fresh water and food, while assessing the damage caused by the eruption Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai Saturday. The volcano exploded in a massive eruption on Saturday, said to be the largest since Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, causing a tsunami and covered the Pacific island nation in … Read more
No casualties have been reported from this second eruption of the volcano. Photo: Geological Survey of Tonga / Courtesy Tonight there was a second “major” eruption at Hunga Tonga volcano, according to an alert from Australia’s Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. At the moment no victims of this second eruption have been reported, however, evacuation … Read more
New Zealand has sent a plane to Tonga to assess the damage after a huge eruption volcanic trigger a tsunami. The eruption it has covered the Pacific islands in ash, cut off power and cut off communications. Up to 80,000 people could be affected, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) … Read more
Another “major eruption” has been detected in the Tonga volcano, a Darwin Island-based volcanic monitoring station reported Monday morning, two days after the massive eruption that produced waves of tsunami in the South Pacific. The latest eruption was recorded at 10:10 p.m. GMT on Sunday, according to an alert issued by the Darwin Volcanic Ash … Read more
Tonga.- This Sunday afternoon, January 16, there was a large volcanic eruption in tonga, This was reported by the monitoring station based in Darwin, Australia, just a few days after that same submarine volcano named Hungarian Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption affecting the whole world. According to an alert Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Center, the last eruption … Read more