Tonga, once covid-free, goes into lockdown weeks after volcano eruption
It is not clear how the virus was transmitted into Tonga, though the two people who contracted it worked at a port in the capital, Nuku’alofa. But there was an…
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…
Tallest Galapagos volcano erupts, spewing lava, ash
There was no immediate danger to populated areas, which are located at the opposite side of Isabela island, the largest in the Galapagos chain. But the Environment Ministry said eight…