Drinking water the priority as aid begins to arrive in Tonga
The first aid vessels and flights have arrived in the region after volcanic eruption and tsunami last week
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The first aid vessels and flights have arrived in the region after volcanic eruption and tsunami last week
Tongans queued for limited money services that were yesterday restored in the Pacific island’s capital, as the cleanup continued a week after a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami. Tonga’s government said drinking water was the priority, and a national emergency team had already distributed 60,000 liters of water to residents. A desalination plant on a New Zealand naval ship that arrived on Friday, capable of producing 70,000 liters a day, has started drawing seawater from Tonga’s harbor. Residents who had lost homes on outlying islands when a tsunami reaching up to 15m crashed ov...
Some money services reopen in Tonga, drinking water the priority
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