U.S. scientists conducting Samoa area underwater research
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A project that is studying the interactions among the Tonga slab, the Lau back-arc basin and the Samoan mantle plume, using seismology, geochemistry
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A project that is studying the interactions among the Tonga slab, the Lau back-arc basin and the Samoan mantle plume, using seismology, geochemistry
A group of American scientists are currently studying Samoa’s underwater volcanoes and seamounts while deploying seismometers to the ocean floor.An American oceanographic research vessel, Thomas G. Thompson berthed at the Matautu wharf at dawn on Wednesday last week. It took a scientific party of...
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A tropical cyclone warning has been cancelled. Tonga Met reported that a cyclone system located to the southwest of Tonga (Tropical Cylcone Mal) had weakened to a Category 1. Previous gale warnings for Tele-ki-Tonga and Tele-ki-Tokelau coastal waters have since been downgraded to strong wind warnings.
A gale warning and small craft advisory remain in force for Tele-ki-Tonga and Tele-ki-Tokelau coastal waters, as Tropical Cyclone Mal moves to the south of Fiji and and moves toward southern Tongan waters. A strong wind warning and small craft advisory remains in force for Tongatapu and 'Eua coastal waters, stated the Fua'amotu Tropical Cyclone Centre advisory at 1:00pm today,