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It’s the third week of January. Reported daily new COVID-19 cases continue sporadic increases, currently hovering in the 30,000 range. Four days after the...

Body of missing British woman found in Tonga

The body of a British woman swept away by a devastating tsunami that struck Tonga has been found, her brother said in a statement...

Tonga cut off by volcanic blast

Sydney—Tonga was virtually cut off from the rest of the world Monday after a massive volcanic blast that crippled communications with the Pacific island...

Could take ‘two weeks’ to restore Tonga internet cable

Tonga's internet may be cut for weeks, an official told AFP Monday, after a violent volcanic eruption cut an undersea communications cable, isolating the...

Tonga volcano erupts, triggers tsunami waves

A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga that triggered tsunami waves around the Pacific caused "significant damage" to the island nation's capital and smothered it...

DFA closely monitoring 800 Pinoys after eruption

The Philippine Embassy in Wellington is currently monitoring the situation of close to 800 Filipinos in Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji after the eruption of...

Tsunami waves crash ashore in Tonga after big eruption

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga -- Large waves crashed ashore in Tonga Saturday after a massive volcanic eruption that was heard in neighbouring countries triggered the area’s...

Tongans warned of acid rainfall after eruption of remote volcano

A toxic cloud spewing from an erupting volcano in Tonga could dump acid rainfall across the Pacific kingdom, potentially poisoning drinking water and damaging...

Tonga faces hard lockdown after first COVID case

Tongans flocked to vaccination centres Saturday after the government warned the main island Tongatapu might be plunged into lockdown next week after recording its...

Topless Tongan faces ripped rival at Olympic opener

Tonga’s Pita Taufatofua was feeling the love on Saturday after oiling up to cause an online sensation at a third straight Olympic opening ceremony,...

Fiji, Tonga warned vs. twin cyclones

Fiji and Tonga issued severe weather warnings Tuesday as twin cyclones intensified near the Pacific island nations, with Fijian  officials preparing evacuation centres amid...

Cyclone Tino batters Fiji; 2 missing, 3K in shelters

Suva, Fiji—Tropical Cyclone Tino strengthened to a Category Three storm Saturday as it closed in on Tonga after battering Fiji where two people were...

Eruption spews new Tongan island

An udersea volcanic eruption in the Tongan archipelago has sunk one island and created another three times larger, according to a report by geologists...

6.6 quake strikes off Tonga

Nuku ‘alofa, Tonga"•A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, but there was no threat...
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