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New Zealand has sent a plane to Tonga to assess the damage after a huge volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami. The eruption has covered the Pacific islands in ash, cut power and severed communications. Up to 80,000 people there could be affected, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion Saturday near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground. The eruption cut the internet to Tonga, leaving friends and family members around the world on Sunday...

A second major eruption has been detected at the Hunga Tonga volcano on Monday, according to an alert from Australia’s Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. There were no casualties reported from the second eruption on Sunday night. However, evacuation measures are underway, Australian outlets reported. The underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga...

Two people have drowned off a beach in northern Peru, local authorities say, after unusually high waves were recorded in several coastal areas following Saturday’s eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga. The deaths occurred on Saturday on a beach located in the Lambayeque region, Peru’s National Institute of...

Tsunami waves surged ashore on the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday after a powerful eruption of an undersea volcano, causing authorities on both sides of the Pacific to warn people to move away from some coastal areas to avoid possibly dangerous ocean swells. The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center...

People on the coast of Peru have been filmed panicking in the aftermath of an underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga which triggered a tsunami. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano sent strong waves to nearby countries including Peru, Chile, and Fiji after it erupted on Saturday.

The moment an underwater volcano violently erupted in Tonga has been captured by satellite imagery. Speeded-up footage from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the eruption two times. Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai has triggered a widespread tsunami threat - including in neighbouring New Zealand.

(CNN) — A tsunami has hit Tonga's largest island, Tongatapu, and reportedly sent waves flooding into the capital after an underwater volcano in the South Pacific exploded in a violent eruption on Saturday, sending a cloud of ash and gas steam into the air. Satellite imagery shows a massive...

West Coast authorities pleaded with residents to stay out of the Pacific Ocean and away from beaches on Saturday as the impacts of a tsunami caused by a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific began hitting the coast. While forecasted waves were generally less than 3 feet, tsunami impacts create...

A tsunami advisory was in effect for Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. Pacific coast, with reports of waves pushing boats up in the docks in Hawaii. Harold Tobin, Director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, joined FOX 13 Morning News to break down the alert.

A tsunami has hit Tonga’s largest island, Tongatapu, and reportedly sent waves flooding into the capital after an underwater volcano in the South Pacific exploded in a violent eruption on Saturday, sending a cloud of ash and gas steam into the air. A tsunami warning has been issued for...

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A toxic cloud spewing from an erupting volcano in Tonga could dump acid rainfall across the Pacific kingdom, potentially poisoning drinking water and damaging people's skin and eyes, emergency services have warned. The remote Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted Monday, sending plumes 18 kilometres (11 miles) into the air, Tonga...

Another domino is lined up to fall down the route to Bitcoinization. On Wednesday, a former lawmaker of the Pacific island nation of Tonga shared a play-by-play approach to adopting Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. In a series of tweets, Lord Fusitu’a, a former member of parliament for Tonga, released...