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Tonga volcano

April 2023

  • Satellite image of underwater eruption

    Tonga volcano explosion equalled most powerful ever US nuclear test

    Scientists calculate 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano released 1,000 times more energy than Hiroshima bomb

January 2023

  • Tonga’s island of Atatā in the aftermath of a tsunami caused by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano

    Pacific project
    ‘Is there going to be another tsunami?’: Tonga in limbo a year after volcano eruption

    The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai caused devastation across the Pacific island nation that remains ongoing a year later

June 2022

  • Sunrise at Altona Beach, Australia

    Tonga volcano ‘afterglow’ creates dazzling sunsets across New Zealand and Australia

    Spikes in aerosols in the stratosphere after volcano erupted in January likely causing unusually vibrant skies

April 2022

  • Plastic bottles in landfill

    The Pacific project
    86,000 bottles of water on the wall: Tonga struggles with post-volcano waste problem

    Tonga has seen an increase in plastic waste since the tsunami in January, after huge quantities of supplies were brought in for relief efforts

February 2022

  • The site where the Ha’atafu beach resort stood on the west coast of Tongatapu, Tonga's main island.

    The Pacific project
    ‘We just keep going’: the Tongan resort destroyed by nature’s fury – for the third time

  • International aid supplies are stacked at the port at Nuku'alofa, in Tonga

    The Pacific project
    Tsunami-hit Tonga goes into lockdown after workers helping deliver aid catch Covid

January 2022

  • Australian Navy's HMAS Adelaide docked at Vuna Wharf in Tonga's capital of Nukualofa

    Covid-stricken Australian aid ship makes contactless delivery to virus-free Tonga

  • A supplied image shows Australian Defence Force vehicles being loaded onto HMAS Adelaide before departure to Tonga, in Brisbane, Thursday, January 20, 2022. (AAP Image/Supplied by the Royal Australian Navy, Robert Whitmore) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

    Covid outbreak strikes Australian aid ship bound for virus-free Tonga

  • A satellite image shows the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano before its main eruption, in Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai, Tonga, December 24, 2021. Picture taken December 24, 2021. Satellite Image ©2022 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. DO NOT OBSCURE LOGO.

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    The week Tonga went silent

  • In this photo released by the Tonga Red Cross Society, Red Cross teams set up a temporary shelter in Kanokupolu, western Tongatapu, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, as the Tonga island group grapples with the aftermath from the recent underwater volcanic eruption. (Tonga Red Cross Society via AP)

    The Pacific project
    Tonga volcano: 84% of population affected by ashfall and tsunami

  • Tonga volcano: drinking water is priority as aid begins to arrive for stricken nation

  • The Pacific project
    Elon Musk offers to send terminals to restore internet to volcano-hit Tonga

  • The Pacific project
    Diary of a disaster: the week that Tonga went silent

  • 'I thought of God and my family': Tongan survivor on spending 24 hours at sea – video

  • Tonga turns back aid flight from Australia after positive Covid case discovered

  • Tonga: new footage shows aftermath of volcano eruption and tsunami – video

  • Peru seeks compensation after oil spill devastates marine life – video

  • The Pacific project
    ‘Absolutely amazing’: Tongan man swept away by tsunami stayed afloat for 24 hours

  • The Pacific project
    New photos show Tonga tsunami devastation as first aid plane arrives from New Zealand

  • Peru demands compensation for disastrous oil spill caused by Tonga volcano

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