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e HMAS Adelaide sitting alongside Nuku'alofa to deliver humanitarian stores and medical supplies following the eruption of an undersea volcano.

Eruption-hit Tonga enters lockdown as Covid detected 

Australia denies that its warship was the source

February 2, 2022| AFP
Handout photo taken on January 19, 2022 and released on January 20 by the Royal Australian Air Force and the Australian Defence Force show HMAS Adelaide embarking an Australian Army CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters before departing the port of Brisbane, to provide humanitarian assistance to Tonga following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haa’pai underwater volcano on January 15. Photo: AFP

First aid reaches volcano and tsunami-stricken Tonga, five days after disaster

Tonga has been inaccessible since Saturday

January 20, 2022| AFP
A handout photo taken on January 17, 2022 and made available by 2022 Planet Labs PBC shows volcanic ash covering Niutoua on Tongatapu island on Tonga, following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano..

Tonga runway cleared for volcano aid flights 

 Updated 12.52pm - Tonga finished removing a thick coat of ash from an airport runway on Wednesday after days of painstaking effort, clearing the way for desperately needed emergency aid to arrive in the isolated and disaster-stricken nation. UN crisis...

January 19, 2022| AFP
Volcanic ash covering Uiha island on Tonga. Photo: AFP, © 2022 Planet Labs PBC

Images reveal devastation in tsunami-hit Tonga

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. The volcano erupted 30 kilometres into the air on...

January 18, 2022| AFP

Distress signal detected from low-lying Tongan island

A distress signal has been detected in a low-lying Tongan island following the volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said Tuesday as the first death was reported. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs expressed concern...

January 18, 2022| AFP
Oil wash ashore at a beach in the Peruvian province of Callao. (AFP)

Peru beaches suffer oil spill blamed on waves from Tonga volcanic eruption   

Peruvian authorities sealed off three beaches Monday after they were hit by an oil spill blamed on freak waves caused by the volcanic eruption in Tonga. The Pampilla Refinery, part of the Spanish company Repsol, said there had been a "limited spill" of...

January 18, 2022| AFP
A grab taken from footage by Japan's Himawari-8 satellite and released by the National Institute of Information and Communications (Japan) shows the volcanic eruption that provoked a tsunami in Tonga. The eruption was so intense it was heard as "loud thunder sounds" in Fiji more than 800 kilometres (500 miles) away. Handout / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (JAPAN) / AFP.

Huge Tonga volcanic eruption caused 'signifcant damage'     

Explosion recorded around the world

January 16, 2022| AFP
A screengrab from satellite imagery showing the eruption that triggered the tsunami. Photo: Twitter

Tonga hit by tsunami caused by massive volcano eruption

1.2 metre tsunami reported as residents seek higher ground

January 15, 2022| AFP