The Latest Breaking News from Tonga

The ongoing volcanic eruption in Tonga began in December 2021, but it wasn’t until 5:15pm local time on January 15 2022 that the powerful explosion occurred. It generated an enormous cloud of ash, earthquakes, and tsunamis that reached as far as the distant coastlines of Peru on the other side…

A telecommunications blackout is further complicating the delivery of aid to the volcano-stricken island.

Scientists warn ash posing significant health threat.

Three of Tonga’s smaller islands have suffered serious damage from tsunami waves, officials and the Red Cross say, as a wider picture begins to emerge of the destruction caused by the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific archipelago nation

Exact damage to the Tonga undersea cable won't be known until the cable repair ship arrives.

Pictures from villages in Tonga show the full destruction from the volcanic eruption and tsunami that has ripped up buildings and vegetation and left a blanket of black ash

Telephone links between Tonga and the wider world began to be reconnected on Wednesday, though restoring full internet connectivity is likely to take a month or more according to the owner of the archipelago's sole subsea communications cable.

The eruption of the undersea volcano near Tonga over the weekend was incredibly explosive but also relatively brief

Tsunami waves reaching up to 15 metres hit remote area that sent distress signal