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Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily: Surveillance flights sent after Tonga volcano erupts

This satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga (AP/Press Association Images)

(Picture: AP)

New Zealand and Australia are sending surveillance flights to Tonga to assess the damage after a huge volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spoken to Television New Zealand (TVNZ).

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