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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.