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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 they're watching a one to two foot wave heading towards the area. it comes after a tsunami hit tonga's 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 ash cloud and shock wave spreading from it, something that caught cnn's allison chinchar's eye. s...

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 — that's 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 the ash began to fall. these pictures are reportedly from saturday afternoon as people were trying 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. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. let's get some of the day's other news. a massive winter...

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. that's 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 ministerjacinda ardern said communication with tonga remains difficult, but the situation is now calm. ~ ...

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 really is remarkable what happened over the weekend with cloud of ash and steam just shooting into the ...