There's a new lava lobe on Tonga's Home Reef Volcano, covering close to half the island, and which has grown nearly 2000 times the size that it was when the thermal anomaly was first detected.

Hours after the volcano erupted, Tonga's phone and internet lines were cut, leaving the island's 105,000 residents almost completely cut off. It was later reported from neighboring New Zealand ...

Then, a roar from below the water. The towering undersea volcano known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai had awakened, and on a balmy afternoon in January 2022 it began blasting its insides into the ...

Tonga has borne the brunt of a huge undersea volcanic eruption The South Pacific nation of Tonga has been devastated by a volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami hitting the shore. Kilometres ...

An curved arrow pointing right. An underwater volcanic eruption has contaminated water, destroyed homes, and cut off communication in Tonga. The scale of damage is still unknown. More from News An ...

First Person - RNZ Pacific reporter, Iliesa Tora, reflects on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption, saying people need to take tsunami warnings seriously.

A C-130 Hercules military transport plane left New Zealand carrying ... loss of homes and polluted water. Communications with Tonga remain limited after Saturday’s eruption and tsunami appeared ...

News: Peru races to save birds threatened by oil spill after Tonga volcano eruption A Lima zoo is racing to save dozens of seabirds, including protected penguins, left covered in oil after 6,000 ...