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Volcano-Ravaged Tonga Is Back Online After 5-Week Internet Outage
Tonga residents began to finally see some lights at the end of the tunnel on Tuesday, with internet services jumping back online for the first time in five weeks after a massive volcanic eruption ripped apart the country’s sole subsea fibre optic cable. The repair marks a significant recovery milestone for the country, which was…
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Tonga Eruption Was So Powerful, Scientists Propose New ‘Ultra’ Classification
In 2015, new land emerged in the South Pacific, linking a pair of pre-existing islands, Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai. Hotel owner Gianpiero Orbassano visited the newly formed island, as ABC News reported at the time, and he, along with his son, proceeded to stroll the beaches and climb to the tallest point. Orbassano, an…
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Tonga Is Covered in Ash and in Crisis After Massive Volcanic Eruption
The world stood aghast in slack-jawed horror over the weekend after watching satellite images of a volcano violently erupting in the small island nation of Tonga. Officials are only now getting a handle on the damage and humanitarian risks of what authorities are calling an “unprecedented disaster.”
