Tsunami warning in Tonga after giant eruption

Saturday, 15 January 2022Newsdesk

A tsunami warning has been issued in several countries, including Tonga and New Zealand, after a giant underwater volcano eruption.

New Delhi, 15 January 2022

As per news report of BBC, social media footage from Tonga showed waves washing through a church and several homes. Witnesses said ash is falling over the capital, Nuku'alofa. Residents of the Pacific island have been urged to move to higher ground. It is the latest in a series of eruptions of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano. The US has also issued a tsunami advisory for American Samoa, citing a threat of "sea level fluctuations and strong ocean currents that could be a hazard along beaches". The eight-minute eruption was so violent it could be heard as "loud thunder sounds" in Fiji, more than 800km (500 miles) away, officials in the capital Suva said.

Source - BBC