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We begin with breaking news at this hour. the western u.s. coast is under a tsunami advisory as the national tsunami warning center says theyre watching a one to two foot wave heading towards the area. it comes after a tsunami hit tongas largest island reportedly sending waves into the capital of the island. it happened after an underwater volcano in the south pacific exploded in a violent eruption. >> we want to show you the satellite of that. this is the imagery of the eruption on that massive...

Weather satellites caught the moment the huge underwater volcano let loose, sending a cloud of ash and rock 20km high and at least 500km wide — thats an ash cloud that could stretch from london to edinburgh — and somewhere beneath it is the tiny island kingdom of tonga. the first thing to hit the island was the shock wave, (bang). (bleep). then came the rushing waters of a tsunami, smashing into seawalls and flooding what here appears to be a church. sirens wail. next, day turn to night as t...

Of material underwater or even the shock wave itself, perhaps kind of acting as a fist and slapping down on the sea and producing a displacement which then propagates as a wave. in new zealand, the tsunami caused serious damage, smashing boats against each other and causing some to sink. but tonight, the main concern remains tonga. until the ash cloud clears and new zealand and australia can begin sending military flights, it remains very unclear how bad the situation on the island really is. ru...

From high up in space, weather satellites caught the moment the huge underwater volcano let loose, sending a cloud of ash and rock 20 kilometres high and nearly 500 kilometres high and nearly 500 kilometres wide. thats an ash cloud that could stretch from london to edinburgh. somewhere beneath it the tiny island kingdom of tonga. the first thing to hit the island was the shock wave. then came the rushing waters of what appears to have been a thankfully small tsunami. in new zealand, prime minist...

Sandoval, thanks so much. an underwater volcano near island nation of tonga has erupted for the third time in four days. a massive eruption saturday spewed ash, gas, and steam 12 miles into the air. this is a satellite photo there. it spawned tsunami waves across the pacific including on the u.s. west coast. meteorologist jennifer gray is in the cnn weather center. jennifer, what are we seeing now happening in the region particularly as we have these follow-on eruptions? >> well, jim, this rea...

Although a cold and frosty start, there will be sunshine pretty much from dawn till dusk. its going to be a lovely, if somewhat chilly winters day. now, there will be some showers coming down the north sea. theyll be affecting eastern parts of scotland. and with the winds blowing more or less parallel to the eastern coasts of england, most of the showers will stay offshore. the greatest risk of a shower will be across norfolk. you might see one or two coming into the north york moors as well. an...

With the islands blanketed by an ash cloud. that is contaminating the water supply and is blocking efforts to bring in aid. one of those trying to help is pita taufa— tofua, an athlete most famous for being tongas torch bearer in at the past three 0lympics. now he is trying to fundraise to help those on the ground — including his own family on the island of haapai. im joined now by pita, who is currently in brisbane in australia. wonderful currently in brisbane in australia. to have you on t...

With our team just after the major eruption and when the tsunami alert had been raised and our teams were supporting local authorities to move people to the very limited higher ground around nuku�*alofa on the main island in tonga, so we do know that. we do know also that there has been some significant damage in the northern shore of the main island in tonga. we are very keen to hear from the low—lying and outer atolls within tonga itself closer to the eruption site and we have not been abl...

The warning. and, so, the eruption is causing a tsunami but we are still really trying to understand how and the wide, what we think, as i have said, we know about earthquake tsunamis, that is when the sea bed moves vertically, it causes a step in the ocean which collapses in the water congregate and travels outwards, here what were looking at a huge ash cloud and this is what has been recorded on the internet and on twitter and we are thinking it is a huge ash cloud that is offending and we kno...

Its going to be a lovely, if somewhat chilly, winters day. now, there will be some showers coming down the north sea. theyll be affecting eastern parts of scotland. and with the winds blowing more or less parallel to the eastern coasts of england, most of the showers will stay offshore. the greatest risk of a shower will be across norfolk. you might see one or two coming into the north york moors as well. another cold night to come on thursday night — if anything, even colder across parts of e...