Tongan Olympian who became a viral sensation for his oiled torso asks for tsunami help
Pita Taufatofua, who lives in Australia, has been cut off from communicating with his family. Continue reading here …
Hunga Tonga volcano in Pacific erupts, produces tsunami; no climate impacts yet
The plume towered to about 100,000 feet, roughly three times the altitude at which commercial aircraft fly. Thunderstorms flatten out at the tropopause, or top of the troposphere, the lowest…
Volcano erupts in Pacific, islanders rush to escape tsunami
An undersea volcano has erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending large tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground Continue reading…
Tonga issues tsunami warning after underwater volcano erupts
Footage on social media showed waves crashing into homes on a shoreline after the latest in a series of eruptions of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano. It spewed ash, steam…