On the 14th of January, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano began a gigantic eruption that would go on to peak in ferocity the next day. The uninhabited island volcano would quickly make ...

Then, a roar from below the water. The towering undersea volcano known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai had awakened, and on a balmy afternoon in January 2022 it began blasting its insides into the ...

For two years, scientists were perplexed by what could have triggered the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption, which came to be considered one of the largest volcanic events in ...

Moments before one of the largest underwater volcanic eruptions smothered the Pacific island of Tonga, a strange signal happened. Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted in January 2022, creating an ...

Notable drought and dryness have dominated North America since 2020. It was set off by the 22-year solar cycle and a multi-year La Niña that zapped moisture from the middle latitudes creating hardship ...

An island country offering unspoilt white sandy beaches encompassed by some of the most pristine coral reefs left on the ...

The Nasa Earth Observatory said earlier that the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano spewed debris as high as 40km into the atmosphere during the eruption that triggered huge tsunami waves.

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Meanwhile, Chile and Ecuador did issued tsunami warnings. On Saturday, January 15, the submarine volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai, which is located off Tonga, erupted and caused a tsunami warning ...