tonga eruption

Georgia Gill

17 Jan, 2022

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Large waves are washing ashore in Tonga after another violent volcanic eruption hit the island nation - and Government officials issued a second tsunami warning in two days.

. The Bureau of Meteorology issues a tsunami advisory for parts of eastern Australia New Zealand issues a tsunami advisory for its north and east coasts. Tsunami waves caused by a giant underwater volcanic eruption have hit the Pacific country of Tonga. An underwater volcano off Tonga has erupted triggering a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations including Australia and New Zealand.

It sent tsunami waves crashing ashore on Tonga washing through buildings homes and a church forcing. In late 2014 and early 2015 eruptions. The Islands Business news site reported that a convoy of police and military.

It also shared imagery by captured by the Himawari. The tsunami alert follows yesterdays eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai an underwater volcano sending ash steam and gas up to 17km into the air. Earlier the Matangi Tonga news site reported that scientists observed massive explosions thunder and lightning near the volcano after it started erupting early on Friday.

The Tonga Meteorological Services said a tsunami warning was in effect for all of Tonga. 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. Tongas King Tupou VI was reported to have been evacuated from the Royal Palace in Nukualofa and taken by a police convoy to a villa well away from the.

The tsunami was. New Zealands WeatherWatch described the event as a huge volcanic eruption that caused a tsunami in Tonga and turned daylight into darkness. Maka like so many other Tongans based in New Zealand have been shocked by the massive Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Haapai eruption which has resulted in a tsunami warning issued in the island nation large.

Semeru volcano eruption kills at least 14 Indonesians This was the largest eruption from the Tongan volcano so far and the eruption was ongoing it added. Tsunami waves were observed in Tongas capital and the capital of American Samoa a US-based tsunami monitor saidThe eruption at 0410 GMT of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai underwater volcano. Volcanic ash is currently raining down on Nukualofa Tongas capital.

Authorities in the nearby island nations of Fiji and Samoa also issued warnings telling people to avoid the shoreline due to strong currents and dangerous waves. A tsunami with waves two feet high has hit American Samoa in the South Pacific and a warning has been issued in Tonga after an undersea volcano erupted. The eruption at 0410 GMT of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai underwater volcano located about 65 km 40 miles north of Nukualofa caused a 12 metre tsunami Australias Bureau of Meteorology said.

Clouds of ash filled the horizon moments after a submarine volcano erupted off the coast of TongaFierce clouds stretching 12-miles high and three-miles wide. Gigantic Volcano Eruption Triggers Tsunami In Island Country Warning Issued The Pacific island of Tonga was struck by huge volcanic explosion on Jan 15 which was followed by a tsunami that flooded the regions of the capital Nukualofa. The explosion of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Haapai volcano about 64 kilometers 40 miles north of Nukualofa was the latest in a series of dramatic eruptions.

In a shocking development the Pacific island of Tonga was. Strong currents and surges can injure. The eruption has been described as one of the most violent to ever be captured from space.

Social media footage showed water washing through a church and several homes and witnesses said. Matangi Tonga reported the eruption was at Hunga Haapai island but a bright white gas cloud could be seen from Tongas capital Nukualofa 65km north and bursts of lightening played through the. The violent eight-minute eruption of the undersea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai triggered atmospheric shockwaves and a tsunami which travelled as far afield as Alaska Japan and South America.

A New Zealand Defence Force plane has left for Tonga to assess the damage from Saturdays volcanic eruption and tsunami. The police and local authorities have advised for all residents to move to higher ground. Updated 0737 15 Jan 2022.

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