Tsunami

Tsunami

Weather Natural Disasters BOM Environment

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.

Beaches evacuated and closed as BOM updates tsunami warning for Australia’s east coast

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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.

‘MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND’: Tsunami fears after earthquake strikes Indonesian islands

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File image of the Moluccas islands.

LARGEST WAVES PASSED: New Zealand downgrades tsunami threat

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Tsunami warning sirens have sounded and thousands of New Zealanders on the North Island’s east coast have evacuated to higher ground after three earthquakes hit the region in quick succession on Friday morning.

Total devastation: Remembering the Boxing Day tsunami 15 years on

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December 26, 2019, will mark fifteen years since one of the world's deadliest and most destructive natural disasters.