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Tonga PM Sovaleni resigns ahead of no confidence vote, local media reports
December 09, 2024 6:22 am
There was no discussion on the motion in parliament on Monday, Matangi Tonga said in its report.
Watch: Samoa and Tonga make last-minute war dance ahead of the Rugby League World cup quarterfinal
November 07, 2022 10:46 am
Samoa reaches first semis after edging Tonga in thriller
Water vapour sent into stratosphere by Tonga eruption could temporarily heat up Earth
August 03, 2022 4:48 pm
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano eruption sent enough water to fill 58,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools into the stratosphere.
Australia navy ship with infected crew offloads aid to Tonga
January 26, 2022 11:00 pm
Nearly two dozen sailors aboard the HMAS Adelaide were reported infected on Tuesday, raising fears the mercy mission could bring the coronavirus to the small archipelago devastated by an undersea volcanic eruption and a tsunami on Jan. 15.
Tonga eruption was so intense, it caused the atmosphere to ring like a bell
January 26, 2022 9:52 am
The pulse registered as perturbations in the atmospheric pressure lasting several minutes as it moved over North America, India, Europe and many other places around the globe.
Heard, felt but barely seen: How a volcano severed Tonga from the world
January 23, 2022 11:16 pm
More than a week after the volcano erupted, the process of fully assessing the damage, never mind responding, is still moving with a pace from a pre-internet age.
Heard, felt but barely seen: How a volcano severed Tonga from the world
January 22, 2022 1:05 pm
🔴 While the rest of the world was left to gawk and worry at the sight of a 300-mile-wide volcanic mushroom cloud captured by distant satellites, in Tonga there was barely any communication, just the visceral experience itself of the volcano and the tsunami that followed.
In Tonga, a volcano-triggered tsunami underscores islands' acute climate risk
January 20, 2022 10:37 pm
By increasing temperatures and driving up sea levels, climate change will likely worsen disasters wrought by tsunamis, storm surges, and heat waves, experts say.
Here’s what scientists know about the Tonga volcano eruption
January 20, 2022 10:36 am
Although it appeared to be the largest eruption in the world in three decades, the explosion of the Hunga volcano in Tonga will very likely not have a temporary cooling effect on the global climate, as some past enormous eruptions have.
Surveillance photos highlight devastation in Tonga after back-to-back volcanic eruptions, tsunami
January 20, 2022 12:25 pm
The destruction from Tonga's massive underwater volcanic eruption is still being assessed but scientists now warn that the damage could be long-lasting. Images showing impact go viral.
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Tonga volcano eruption: Satellite images show extent of damage
January 18, 2022 4:46 pm
Hours after the volcano erupted, Tonga, a country of around 1,00,000 people, was pummeled by a tsunami. Waves of up to 4 feet hit Nuku’alofa, the Tongan capital.
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