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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
Praveen Menon, Kirsty Needham and Tom Westbrook

Water crisis looms as residents tackle debris in tsunami-hit Tonga

A view of a beach and debris following volcanic eruption and tsunami, in Nuku'alofa, Tonga January 18, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media on January 19, 2022. Courtesy of Marian Kupu/Broadcom Broadcasting FM87.5/via REUTERS

Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga on Friday carrying critical water supplies for the Pacific island nation reeling from a volcanic eruption and tsunami and largely cut off from the outside world.

At least three people were killed and hundreds of homes in Tonga's smaller outer islands destroyed after Saturday's huge eruption triggered tsunami waves that rolled over the islands, home to 105,000 people.

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