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Trench. that first eruption, saturday, isa, was so massive we'll continue to see small scale activity in the future. it created that tsunami. that tsunami caused damage as we showed you. it caused small scale tsunami-type waves across california. what happened with that is way deep down, isa, under the water we have landslides. the cold air collapsed. that's what created that tsunami. we're not looking at anything like that with these small scale activity that's ongoing right now, but it's something that we certainly have to watch. >> indeed. of course, with the ash cloud not just the air qual...

Been trying to re—establish communication with our red cross teams on the ground for about 2k hours now. we did have some initial contact 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 e...

From high up in space, where the satellites caught the moment the huge underwater volcano let loose, sending a cloud of ash and rock 20 kilometres high and at least 500 kilometres wide. that's an ash cloud that could stretch from london to edinburgh. somewhere beneath it is the tiny island kingdom of tonga. the first thing to hit the island was the shock wave. then came the rushing waters of a tsunami, smashing into sea walls and flooding what here appears to be a church. next, day turned to night as the ash begun to fall. these pictures are reportedly from saturday afternoon as people were tr...

Assessment from the air of the outer irish wins in particular. in provide information to the people of tonga and authorities. ash cloud does pose and authorities. ash cloud does pose a risk for the review on departure was stated be able to undertake in overflight reconnaissance and provide that critical information back. the volcano had been erupting for the past month, before the huge explosion on january 15th. this was the volcano onjanuary 7th. and this was just two hours before the eruption onjanuary15th. you can see the crater is completely covered by the sea. this shows you the northern ...

In a thick film of volcanic dust but otherwise, conditions are calm and stable. the hunga tonga—hunga—ha'apai volcano has been active since mid—december. the eruption sent a tsunami wave right across the pacific ocean. i'm sure we'll find out but at the moment, it's not clear whether the tsunami was caused by a big collapse 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 c...