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He has nothing to reproach himself for. you know. _ inside himself he is carryingl an incredible burden of guilt. for the tens of thousands of tongan expatriates living around the world, like wasps rugby player malakai fekitoa, there is concern for their loved ones at home. i havent spoken to my mum, its been a week now. obviously all comms down now and, yeah, we are still waiting. i literally cant do anything from here, so its... its been tough in the last couple of days. in an age of instant c...

To help with the clean—up, and experts who can help with the assessment and impact of the eruption on maritime routes. so there is a huge effort undertaken by new zealand, also australia, as i say, both the uk, the us, japan, samoa and fiji have also offered assistance. quite interesting some of the countries operating, curious on your thoughts on how long this will need to go down the road... i was reading that tonga are quite heavily indebted to china, perhaps also offering aid, and i am won...

It appears that importing covid is a huge concern which is also affecting humanitarian assistance for those affected by the eruption as well as the tsunami. yes, it is. weve just been told that we are expecting flights coming in from new zealand, but it is cancelled now. at three oclock today the government will have a press conference updating on what is happening and where do we stand in terms of aid and supplies and how these supplies are being distributed throughout tonga and the areas affec...

In the pacific, for example, there are psychographic nations around, the base and margins in the warning system is set up on the basis of a major earthquake, for example an eight or nine, it will generate a tsunami. in tonga in 2009, there was a major earthquake in the northern part of the country, its generated a tsunami which killed about 200 people. with volcanoes and eruptions, it is much harder to identify whether an eruption will develop into a major event which causes a tsunami, but with ...

Know this tsunami, the eruption, the biggest eruption of its kind since 1991, caused a tsunami and the tsunami has spread around the pacific but of course it hit the nearest country first, tonga. we still dont know what the situation is in all of the islands of tonga. there are more than 100. they are not all inhabited. but some of the islands, we havent heard anything from at all so of course we are deeply concerned about the situation there. but at the moment things are calm and some boats hav...

Of the tennis player, novak djokovic, against the cancellation of his visa. his lawyers are laying out their case in front of three federal courtjudges. if djokovic loses this appeal, he faces deportation and a three—year visa ban. an underwater volcanic eruption near tonga has triggered tsunami warnings across the pacific ocean. waves of more than a metre have crashed into tonga.alerts are in place from the west coast of the united states to japan, where people are warned of waves as high as ...

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Howard johnson report. a military surveillance plane leaving auckland, new zealand this morning, bound for tonga. australia has also sent planes to carry out an assessment of the damage caused by saturdays eruption of an underwater volcano. satellite images captured the moment a tsunami, triggered by the eruption, engulfed tonga and sent a shock wave across the pacific ocean. and listen to this. a sonic boom captured on video more than 400 miles away in fiji. sonic boom sounds. the international...

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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...