First Person - RNZ Pacific reporter, Iliesa Tora, reflects on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption, saying people need to take tsunami warnings seriously.

Significant tsunami damage feared in Tonga, communications still cut January 17, 2022 Tonga volcano eruption triggers tsunami warnings in Japan, Pacific islands ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over the reports of a tsunami, affecting Tonga following the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific nation. In a statement, ...

In both Tonga and Samoa, the research found two percent could be diagnosed with depression. None of the people with ...

The Pacific region is one of the most vital areas of the earth, but it is not always the safest, particularly from natural disasters. RNZ Pacific covered events such as the 2009 Samoan tsunami, and ...

Axial Seamount, an undersea volcano off the coast of Oregon, United States, is expected to erupt sometime this 2025, according to scientists. Experts have recently detected increased volcanic activity ...

By contrast, an eruption from a shallow underwater volcano in the South Pacific nation of Tonga in Jan. 2022 sent a tsunami and sonic boom circling the globe as well as unprecedented volumes of ...

A clear example of this is the eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano in 2022, whose impact was devastating, causing a tsunami that damaged several countries and left millions in economic losses.

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted in January 2022, creating an explosion equivalent to hundreds of atomic bombs. Hunga shook the region so violently it caused a deadly four-foot tsunami into ...

First Person – RNZ Pacific reporter, Iliesa Tora, reflects on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption, saying people need to take tsunami warnings seriously.Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific First ...

RNZ International (RNZI) began broadcasting to the Pacific region 35 years ago — on 24 January 1990, the same day the Auckland Commonwealth Games opened. Its news bulletins and programmes were carried ...

2022: The underwater Pacific volcano Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai violently erupts, sending a tsunami over Tonga. 2023: Mexico brings into force the world’s strictest anti-smoking laws, banning smoking ...