Ash Contamination News Today

Arriving. new zealand has sent two royal navy ships, but they wont arrive for about three days. for now, aid organizations on the ground say the biggest issue is food and water security as a result of ash contamination. this morning, damning, new allegations from the former top aide to britains prime minister boris johnson. dominic cummings said johnson knew about the parties at 10 downing street during the covid lockdown and has lied about it. joining us is a member of parliament and the lead...

Flights have been carried out by australia and new zealand and according to new zealands government, significant damage can be seen along the western coast of tongas main island. now while help is still a few days away, aid workers in tonga do have relief items available to help provide initial support to those in need with the primary focus right now on the potential water and food emergency caused by ash contamination. isa? >> blake for us in tokyo. thanks very much, blake. still to come on ...

Where cell phone service was partially restored, there are still tens of thousands of people still unable to communicate with the outside world. although communication remains a problem for the time being because of ash contamination, a shortage of drinking water and food, the big problem here for those people living in tonga is the food, food insecurity as well as water insecurity. according to tongas speaker of the house, all agriculture has been runed. starting thursday, international aid beg...