Researchers found that the Hunga-Tonga eruption was associated with the formation of an equatorial plasma bubble in the ionosphere, a phenomenon associated with disruption of satellite-based ...

A massive undersea volcano that erupted in Tonga last year reportedly disrupted satellite signals halfway around the world. Since then, an international team of researchers has used satellite- and ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in Tonga in January 2022, it became the largest eruption ever recorded with modern technology. The blast, estimated to be hundreds of times stronger ...

After experiencing severe cyclones, a volcanic eruption and tsunami in the past five years, Tongans are coming together to reduce the impact of extreme weather on vital infrastructure. Local ...

A single garden hose-sized cable connected Tonga to the world until a natural disaster sent the country back to 1880. And it ...

An international team has used satellite- and ground-based ionospheric observations to demonstrate that an air pressure wave triggered by volcanic eruptions could produce an equatorial plasma bubble ...

A volcanic eruption in the South Pacific was so powerful that its shockwaves left the planet and reached space, new research shows. The 2022 underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption, one of the ...

SUVA, February 14, 2022 — The Tonga Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption, tsunami and ashfall has caused an estimated US$90.4M (TOP 208 million) in damages – the equivalent of approximately ...

Nov 11 (Reuters) - The government of Tonga asked citizens to move inland early on Saturday after an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck the sea around 211 km (131 miles) from the capital, though a ...

Feb 3 (Reuters) - The streets of tsunami-hit Tonga were empty and silent on Thursday on the first full day of a lockdown imposed in the previously coronavirus-free nation after two wharf workers were ...