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Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after the devastation of Cyclone Winston

While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami on January 15, it’s clear the island nation has suffered significant damage to housing stock and infrastructure.

The Conversation

Aid reaching disaster-hit Tonga brings first virus outbreak

For more than two years, the isolation of the Pacific archipelago nation of Tonga helped keep COVID-19 at bay

The Independent UK

Why Tonga flagbearer Pita Taufatofua won’t be at the Beijing Olympics

He won't be there in Beijing.

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New Munster man Malakai Fekitoa's incredible Tonga fundraising campaign after tsunami

The former All Black will join Munster this summer after signing a two year deal

Irish Mirror

Streets of tsunami-hit Tonga empty on first day of COVID lockdown

The streets of tsunami-hit Tonga were empty and silent on Thursday on the first full day of a lockdown imposed in the previously coronavirus-free nation after two wharf workers were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Reuters

Tsunami-hit Tonga goes into Covid lockdown

Tsunami-hit Tonga has gone into lockdown after two wharf workers tested positive for Covid, prompting the previously virus-free nation to go into lockdown on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Covid briefing: Seven things you need to know as Boris Johnson faces new claims over 'Abba-themed' party

A Cardiff University student has spoken about her 'frustration' after being taken to court for holding a lockdown party with 17 people and threatened with a £2,000 fine

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Tonga goes into lockdown after reporting handful of COVID cases

Community transmission and lockdown deal further blow to Tonga as it deals with aftermath of a major volcanic eruption.

Al Jazeera

Disaster-hit Tonga enters 1st pandemic lockdown after 2 COVID cases detected

Communications have yet to be fully restored from last month's deadly volcanic eruption and tsunami.

Axios

Covid news: Anger as Tory MP says lockdown breach ‘like parking fine’; Germany could relax restrictions in March – as it happened

Pfizer-BioNTech seeks US approval for under-5s Covid inoculation; Lithuania to scrap Covid pass on Saturday

The Guardian - AU

Tonga goes into lockdown; COVID cases not at international aid port - official

Tsunami-hit Tonga said two wharf workers had come down with COVID-19, prompting the previously virus-free nation to go into lockdown on Wednesday, but the waterfront workers were not on docks being used by foreign navies to deliver aid.

Reuters

Tsunami-hit Tonga goes into lockdown after workers helping deliver aid catch Covid

Stay at home orders come into force on Wednesday, as Pacific nation deals with aftermath of last month’s huge volcanic eruption

The Guardian - AU

Virus arrives along with aid in Tonga, triggering lockdown

Disaster-hit Tonga will go into lockdown Wednesday evening after the Pacific island nation reported two port workers who had been helping distribute international aid had become infected with the coronavirus

The Independent UK

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened

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The Conversation

Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the 'worst year to be alive'

It’s only February and already 2022 is shaping up badly. A huge volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga, the prospect of war with Russia, the ongoing pandemic (and its economic disruptions). And that’s even before we touch on Chinese sabre-rattling over Taiwan or Sex and the City’s disastrous reboot.

ABC News

Tonga records two COVID-19 community cases, Pacific Island nation prepares for two-day lockdown

Still reeling after last month's volcanic eruption and tsunami, the Pacific Island nation will enter a two-day nationwide lockdown after two port workers tested positive for COVID-19.

ABC News

Claims sailors are enduring scorching conditions to repair 'stranded' HMAS Adelaide as reinforcements arrive

Exhausted naval technicians say they're battling temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius as they work around the clock to repair a power failure that's crippled Australia's largest warship, HMAS Adelaide, in the Pacific.

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HMAS Adelaide suffers power failure during Tongan mission after volcanic eruption

A massive electrical power failure cripples the Australian Navy's largest warship as it completes its humanitarian mission to Tonga following the January 14 volcanic eruption and tsunami.

ABC News

Tonga reliant on rainfall to harness hazardous volcanic ash, which could be used to rejuvenate Pacific nation

The volcanic ash that coats much of Tonga poses serious health risks if inhaled but once enough rain falls, it could help rejuvenate the country's soil and is already being collected for building materials.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tsunami Models Underestimated Shockwave from Tonga Eruption

The volcanic eruption in Tonga this month unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves across the Pacific to the shores of Japan and Peru, thousands of kilometers away. Forecasting models and warning systems, designed primarily to assess earthquake-triggered waves, did…

Wales Online

Rugby evening headlines as Warren Gatand back to work in new job and million pound All Black switches countries

The latest rugby headlines from Wales and beyond as we head into the last weekend before the Six Nations starts

ABC News

Tonga earthquake: 6.2 magnitude tremor strikes off Tonga weeks after a volcanic eruption and tsunami

The US Geological Survey reports a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck near the Pacific nation of Tonga. No tsunami threat is reported.

The Conversation

Four things tsunami-vulnerable countries must do to prepare for the next disaster

The eruption of an underwater volcano and subsequent tsunami that hit Tonga on January 16, was one of the most violent natural disasters in decades. While this event had catastrophic consequences, such incidents are relatively common as volcanoes are naturally unstable, unpredictable and exist throughout the world.

Al Jazeera

Earthquake strikes off Tonga’s coast days after volcanic eruption

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits almost two weeks after Tonga was devastated by a volcanic eruption and tsunami.

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