Tonga tsunami

The extent of the damage and whether there have been any injuries or deaths remains uncertain. A volcano that exploded in the Pacific island nation of Tonga has almost disappeared from view new images revealed Tuesday with swathes of the country smothered in grey dust or damaged by a tsunami.

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A major volcanic eruption near Tonga triggered tsunami waves that hit the shores of the Pacific island nation on Saturday forcing people to flee the streets and their homes in search of higher ground.

. The pictures also show the aftermath of the tsunami waves described by Tongas government as an unprecedented disaster on coastal areas on the island. The tsunami was caused by an eight-minute eruption of the undersea volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Haapai located about 40 miles north of Tongatapu Tongas main island on which about 70 percent. According to the Associated Press communications with the small nation. The Tonga Meteorological Services said a tsunami warning was declared for all of the archipelago and data from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center showed waves of 80 centimetres 27 feet had.

Debris is scattered across the shoreline after waves more than a meter tall struck on Tonga. Three of Tongas smaller islands suffered serious damage from tsunami waves officials and the Red Cross said Wednesday as a wider picture begins to. Tonga devastated by volcano and tsunami 0151. Aerial images taken by the New Zealand Air Force meanwhile indicate that several villages have been wiped out on.

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