Tag: Tsunami
Eruption renews debate on lack of backup for Tongan communications
By Kalino Latu and Philip Cass in Auckland
Lack of backup satellite and cable links in the wake of Tonga's volcanic eruption at the...
Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Fiji's Department of Mineral Resources needs time to liaise with a number of agencies before emergency warnings or alerts are...
Tonga’s undersea communications cable could take weeks to repair
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist
It could be weeks before Tonga's crucial undersea communications cable - which connects it to the world -...
Tongan volcanic eruption reveals the vulnerabilities in global telecommunications
ANALYSIS: By Dale Dominey-Howes, University of Sydney
In the wake of a violent volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the...
Anxious Tongans in NZ await volcano news from home: ‘It’s painful,...
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
Langi Fatanitavake's wife and son live on one of the islands flanking Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai undersea volcano, but...
PM Ardern on covid-19 vaccine for children, booster doses and Tonga
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will move to the red traffic light setting if omicron is spreading in the community following...
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...
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...
New tsunami warning in NZ, Samoa as volcano waves hit Tonga’s...
Kaniva Tonga News
A new tsunami warning is now in force for all of Tonga following this evening’s violent eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai undersea volcano...
Tonga tsunami warning lifted but volcano still monitored
RNZ Pacific
The tsunami marine warning issued for all of Tonga waters following the violent eruptions of underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai has been lifted.
Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupted on...
NZ the ‘unlucky shaky isles’, says Ardern after tsunami alert
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it is hard not to feel like New Zealand is having a run of bad luck, with...
Major 8.0 quake at Kermadecs, NZ warning for people to move...
By RNZ News
An 8.0 earthquake has struck near the Kermadec Islands, hours after a 7.4 quake near the Kermadecs and a 7.1 off the...
Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics – target: rebuild...
ANALYSIS: By Ilan Noy of Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, disaster recovery plans are almost...
Palu disaster: Why Indonesia’s tsunamis are so deadly
ANALYSIS: By Dr Anja Scheffers
The magnitude 7.5 earthquake, and subsequent tsunami, that struck Indonesia days ago has resulted in at least 1,200 deaths.
Authorities are...
Chaos in Palu after quake and tsunami as survivors deal with...
By Ruslan Sangadji and Andi Hajramurni in Palu, Indonesia
In the wake of mass destruction caused by Indonesia's 7.4-magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami, survivors...
Boe climate and security pact big step forward, but lacks a...
The major item on the agenda at last week’s Pacific Islands Forum was climate change. However, a gender gap appears to be at play...
Biggest quake since 1975 shakes Hawai’i, volcano spews lava
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The 6.9-magnitude earthquake that shook the Big Island on Friday and was felt as far away as Oahu was the strongest...
RNZI remains ‘essential voice of the Pacific’, says broadcaster
Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) continues to serve people across the Pacific region, delivering essential day to day news and information and providing a...
Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters
By Dr Alexandra Wake in Melbourne
As a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kirakira in the Solomon Islands early today, triggering a...