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Tonga volcano ‘likely to erupt again’ as Pacific nation assesses damage

As many as 80,000 people may have been impacted by the eruption, which triggered a tsunami.

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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.

Olympic Games icon loses contact with this father in Tonga amid tsunami catastrophe

The adored Tongan flag bearer who now lives in Australia hasn’t heard from his father since the major volcanic eruption.

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Pita Taufatofua, of Tonga, walks during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics.