A team of Tongan geologists watched the massive plume of ash rising toward the sky during the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific. There are reports of significant damage to boats and shops along the Tongan coastline.
This satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite operated by Japan Meteorological Agency and released by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology , shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022.
There were no reports of injuries or deaths, although concerns remained for the fate of people on some of the smaller islands near theMeanwhile, scientists said they didn’t think the eruption would have a significant impact on the Earth’s climate. “Communication with Tonga remains very limited. And I know that is causing a huge amount of anxiety for the Tongan community here,” Ardern said.
“It’s really bad. They told us to stay indoors and cover our doors and windows because it’s dangerous,” she said. “I felt sorry for the people. Everyone just froze when the explosion happened. We rushed home.” Outside the house, people were seen carrying umbrellas for protection. The tsunami waves caused damage to boats as far away as New Zealand and Santa Cruz, California, but did not appear to cause any widespread damage. In northern Peru’s Lambayeque region, two women drowned after being swept away by ″abnormal waves″ following the eruption, authorities said.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote on Twitter he is “deeply concerned for the people of Tonga as they recover from the aftermath of a volcanic eruption and tsunami. The United States stands prepared to provide support to our Pacific neighbors.” The explosion of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano, about 64 kilometers north of Nuku’alofa, was the latest in a series of dramatic eruptions. In late 2014 and early 2015, eruptions created a small new island and disrupted international air travel to the Pacific archipelago for several days.
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