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Overseas Tongans wait anxiously for news after volcano eruption

The powerful Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami [Tonga Geological Services/via Reuters]

Overseas Tongans are waiting anxiously for news of loved ones after a powerful volcanic eruption and tsunami severed communications with the kingdom in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Concerns among the 85,000-strong Tongan community in New Zealand were heightened on Monday by news it could be two weeks before communications are restored following the eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai on Saturday.

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