Tag: Eruption
Tonga eruption: ‘The tsunami came, taking down electric poles, trees’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
On the first anniversary of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption two men share how they survived...
NZ Air Force plane leaves for Tonga to assess volcano eruption...
RNZ Pacific
Power is being restored in Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa, and the country is sending naval boats to outlying islands to assess the damage from...
Tsunami wave hits Tonga’s ‘Eua royal palace gate as vehicles try...
The video of the tsunami wave crashing into the gate of the Heilala Tangitangi royal palace in ‘Eua. Video: Kaniva Tonga
By Kalino Latu in...
Former Fiji journalist in Tonga tells of family’s flight from crashing...
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Waves associated with the continuous volcanic eruption at Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai in Tonga crashed into Tonga’s largest island Tongatapu and forced residents...
No reports of deaths in Tongan volcano tsunami, says NZ prime...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there are no official reports of injuries or deaths in Tonga in the wake of the...
Tonga volcano eruption and tsunami – 120 evacuated in NZ’s Far...
An Al Jazeera report on the undersea volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai eruption and tsunami yesterday afternoon. Video: Al Jazeera English
RNZ News
Large waves in the Far North...
Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what...
ANALYSIS: By Shane Cronin, University of Auckland
The kingdom of Tonga doesn’t often attract global attention, but a violent eruption of an underwater volcano on...
PNG’s Manam volcano erupts again, forcing islanders to evacuate
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea has erupted again, reports journalist Scott Waide on his blog.
This is his blog's picture of...
‘It’s up to God and the land’ on Vanuatu’s Ambae volcano...
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Over the course of a week earlier this month, a French/Ni-Vanuatu documentary team ventured to the summit of Ambae’s...
Vanuatu pressing ahead with Ambae volcano island evacuation plan
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Vanuatu is still pressing ahead with its plan to evacuate Ambae island for the second time in six months...