tonga volcano and tsunami
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — On 15 January 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai undersea volcano erupted. It was the most powerful volcanic eruption since Krakatoa in 1883, and triggered a devastating tsunami which killed three people.
The tsunami waves devastated the small islands of 'Atata and Mango,...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — New research has found the eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in 2022 shot out an unprecedented amount of water vapor into the sky.
The vapor reached heights of up to 55 kilometres (about 34 miles) and depleted 5 percent of the ozone layer over the tropical...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On behalf of the American Samoa people, Lt. Governor Talauega Ale yesterday presented over half a million dollars to the Kingdom of Tonga to aid in the wake of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption, ashfall, and tsunami.
In attendance over zoom were Tonga’s Prime...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — The Southern Cross cable that connects Tonga to the outside world is expected to be back in action today.
Tonga Cable Limited chief executive Samuiela Fonua said it will be ready later today but needs time for tests from the repair ship.
The handover to Tonga Cable will be done...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Another new COVID-19 case has taken Tonga's tally of cases back to five.
This comes after one of the five cases identified on Tuesday returned a negative test.
Matangi Tonga reports the new case, who is fully vaccinated, was a co-worker of one of the primary cases who tested...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — The Kingdom of Tonga will go into nationwide lockdown from 6pm on Wednesday.
Speaking via Tongan radio, Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku and Minister of Health Dr Saia Piukala held a media conference on Tuesday night to announce the news.
They confirmed that two cases of Covid-19...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga in a Jan. 25 memorandum to cabinet members has asked that all employees of the American Samoa Government contribute to the ASG’s humanitarian relief fundraising drive for Tonga, devastated following a tsunami more than a week as a result of a...