Three of Tonga’s smaller islands suffered serious damage from tsunami waves, officials and the Red Cross said Wednesday, as a wider picture begins to emerge of the destruction caused by the eruption ...

A formidable underwater volcano created the twin islands of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha‘apai. Then, on Jan. 15, that volcano destroyed them. The historic eruption was also energetic enough to create ...

The Hunga-Tonga was massive. And maybe unprecedented. The eruption from the Hunga-Tonga volcano in Tonga on January 15th was enormous, causing a tsunami across the Pacific, an ash cloud that extended ...

The volcanic eruption that discharged near Tonga in January – which caused destruction to the nation and was felt by other countries along the Pacific Ocean – was one of the most powerful eruptions in ...

The huge volcanic eruption sent pressure waves racing around the world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga ...

In this satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, and released by the agency, shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. An ...

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A powerful volcano erupted in the south Pacific last Saturday, Jan. 15. The sound and pressure wave traveled quickly, and was even observed on weather instruments in Gaylord, Michigan. The Hunga Tonga ...

ST. PAUL -- NASA scientists are estimating the volcanic blast Saturday in the Pacific Ocean had the power of about 500 World War II atom bombs, and the shock waves reached all the way to Minnesota.

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption reached an explosive crescendo on Jan. 15, 2022. Its rapid release of energy powered an ocean tsunami that caused damage as far away as the U.S. West Coast, but ...