The island was destroyed by the same volcano that formed it seven years before. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An island near ...

On January 15 the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai volcano erupted in the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga, generating ashfall and a tsunami that affected 84 percent of the country’s population. A few days ...

"Everything so far about this eruption is off-the-scale weird," from its deafening blast to its Pacific-wide tsunami. Volcanic lightning sparkled through the rising plume at record-breaking rates of ...