A single underwater cable the size of a garden hose connected Tonga to the outside world—until a natural disaster struck. And ...

The Hunga Tonga volcano eruption triggered lightning and a tsunami. On January 15, 2022, the drowned caldera under the South Pacific isles of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Haʻapai in Tonga blew up. The ...

A thick layer of volcanic ash blanketed Tonga after new images showed the aftermath of Saturday's massive undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami that sparked fears of widespread disaster. Aerial and ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Weather satellites captured a massive explosion from a volcano known as Hunga Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean on Friday. It produced a shockwave that traveled all the way around the ...

Mientras los residentes de Tonga luchan por recuperarse de una devastadora explosión volcánica que dejó anegado y cubierto de cenizas a este país insular del Pacífico, los científicos tratan de ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand >> Thick ash on an airport runway was delaying aid deliveries to the Pacific island nation of Tonga, where significant damage was being reported days after a huge undersea ...

Before and after satellite images of the town of Nuku’alofa, Tonga captured by Maxar Technologies. The town covered in ash after the eruption. Maxar Technologies Significant damages are being reported ...

Pita Taufatofua, who went viral during the Olympics for being oiled up as he carried Tonga’s flag at the opening ceremonies, revealed Saturday his father and other members of his family were missing ...

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand and Australia sent military surveillance flights to Tonga on Monday to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption left in the Pacific island nation. A ...

The Pacific island nation of Tonga has gone into lockdown after reporting its first community cases of Covid-19, weeks after a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami devastated parts of the archipelago ...