The underwater fiber-optic cable linked Tonga to the outside world. LONDON -- It may take weeks to repair an undersea fiber-optic cable connecting Tonga to the rest of the world, which was severed ...

When Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano violently erupted earlier this year, it spewed an unprecedented amount of water vapor into the atmosphere — and it will likely have noticeable ...

WELLINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Tsunami-hit Tonga remained largely uncontactable on Sunday with telephone and internet links severed, leaving relatives in faraway New Zealand praying for their ...

Scientists have begun to piece together what happened during the January 15 eruption of the undersea volcano about 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Tonga. The eruption has defied easy explanation ...

The Pacific nation of Tonga is made up of 170 islands, but it just welcomed its newest addition – thanks to an underwater volcano. Near the center of the nation's island formation lies the Home ...

Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai previously erupted in 2014 and 2015, creating the island seen by satellite Saturday. It began erupting again Dec. 20, according to the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism ...

The Late‘iki volcano, also in Tonga, created an island that disappeared after two months back in 2020. That same volcano had previously produced an island that remained for 25 years, according ...

Tonga's strange volcanic eruption was even more massive than we knew The ferocious 2021 explosion blew out 2.3 cubic miles of rock, unleashing a 35-mile-high plume and a global tsunami that sent ...

Tonga expelled approximately 441,000 tons (400,000 metric tons) of sulfur dioxide, about 2% of the amount spewed by Mount Pinatubo during the 1991 eruption.

Tonga underwater volcanic eruption released more energy than the Tsar Bomba - the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, study finds. Researchers harvested data from weather stations and ...

An eruption-driven tsunami towered 20m high when it smashed into Tonga one year ago today – and came shortly after smaller waves that led locals to flee to ...

Tonga temblor follows Myanmar disaster. The earthquake that rattled Tonga comes days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, killing nearly 1,700 and destroying structures across the country.