Three flights from Australia carrying food, water, medical supplies and telecommunications equipment landed in Tonga, as the Pacific nation grapples with the aftermath of an underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami. apne.ws/F06fklh
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Tonga receives first aid shipments as some phone lines are restored
On January 14, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupted near Tonga, sending ash, steam and gas up to 17 km (10.5 miles) into the air, according to the New Zealand Herald. Here’s the latest on the situation.
- The first aid shipments have arrived in Tonga on Thursday from Australia and New Zealand
- Telephone lines are being reconnected, Reuters reported, though restoring full internet connectivity is likely to take at least a month, according to the owner of the archipelago’s sole undersea communications cable that was severed in the eruption
- On Tuesday, Tonga’s government reported at least three deaths: two local residents and a British woman
- Gray ash coating much of Tonga’s main island, Tongatapu, has contaminated the water that many people rely on to drink, per The Associated Press
Video via @ReutersTonga receives first aid shipments as some phone lines are restored
Lisala Folau, 57, survived 26 hours floating in the sea after an underwater volcanic eruption sent a tsunami crashing through his home.
“It’s one of these miracles that happens,” said New Zealand’s acting high commissioner in Tonga. nyti.ms/3fK9OLQ
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Photographs of Central Nuku’alofa after the tsunami and volcanic eruption courtesy of Malau Media: Check out Malau Media on Facebook for more. Mālō Leki Lao 🙏🏾🇹🇴
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Peru is requesting international support to deal with an oil spill off Lima's coast that was caused by a tsunami after Tonga's volcano eruption nearly a week ago. The "ecological disaster" was initially said to be seven barrels but turned out to be 6,000.
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This 57-year-old Tongan man says he swam for around 27 hours after getting swept out to sea during the tsunami.
Now people are calling him a “real life Aquaman” 👇
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Peruvians are trying to rescue birds and animals caught in an oil spill along its coast blamed on unusual swells caused by the volcanic eruption in Tonga reut.rs/3qINj05
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Peruvians race to rescue animals after devastating oil spill blamed on waves from Tonga eruption. abcn.ws/3nJHopL
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An undersea volcano erupted in the South Pacific and blanketed Tonga in heavy ash that threatened the country’s water supply. International relief supplies like generators, communications gear and shelter kits have arrived.
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Peru officials said 21 beaches on the Pacific coast were contaminated by an oil spill at a refinery run by Spain-based Repsl. The spill was linked to surging waves caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga.
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An oil spill off Peru, stemming from the Tonga volcano eruption, is the country's "worst ecological disaster," officials say.
Roughly 6,000 barrels of oil were spilled, shutting beaches and halting fishing in South America trib.al/fqM4Etz
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The first aid delivery has arrived in Tonga, five days after a violent volcano eruption triggered a tsunami and covered the island in ash.
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Fresh footage shows roads in Tonga coated in layers of ash and debris days after the South Pacific island nation was hit by a volcanic eruption and tsunami reut.rs/3qLJJ5A
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The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga finally arrived after the main airport runway was cleared of ash left by a huge undersea volcanic eruption. Kits for temporary shelters and communications equipment were also delivered.
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We're mapping the damage reported so far following a powerful undersea volcanic eruption off the island nation of Tonga that released an enormous ash cloud and triggered a Pacific Ocean tsunami. See more: nyti.ms/3IhsRJG
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Cut off from the world: 'The concern at the moment is how little information we have and that’s scary,' New Zealand-based volcanologist with the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program says.
Read more on the Tonga eruption reut.rs/3nDuCce
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Tonga is connected to the world by a single cable, roughly the width of a garden hose, that carries optic fibers across the ocean bed.
After a volcanic eruption severed that connection, the nation faces weeks of digital darkness.
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“We’ve never seen anything really that covers the whole Earth like this, and certainly not from a volcano.”
As Tonga struggles to recover from the volcanic eruption that set off a tsunami, scientists are trying to understand the blast’s global effects.
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