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Thick ash on an airport runway was delaying aid deliveries to the Pacific island nation of Tonga, where significant damage was being reported days after a huge undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami.
Volcanic ash which has settled on an airport runway in Tonga is preventing New Zealand’s relief planes from landing. The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano erupted in Tonga on Saturday, January 15, sending a plume of smoke and ash into the air and reportedly causing ‘significant infrastructural damage’ on Tonga’s main island Tongatapu. Just over 104,000 people live …
New Zealand’s military is sending much-needed drinking water and other supplies, but said ash on the runway will delay the flight by at least a…
Communications for the island nation are almost completely cut off and the ash covering roofs may affect Tongans' ability to get fresh drinking water.
The brother of Angela Glover said the 50-year-old died after being swept away by a wave from the Tonga volcano eruption.