The volcanic eruption in Tonga on January 15 unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves across the Pacific to the shores of Japan and Peru,..
The strength of the volcanic eruption in the Tonga Islands archipelago on January 15 far exceeded the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, scientists at NASA, the US space agency,..
Fresh aftermath photographs taken in the days after last week's volcanic eruption off Tonga show devastation across the worst-affected outlying islands.
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