ABC News: Tsunami Warning Issued for Entire West Coast and Alaska after undersea volcanic eruption near Tonga

[PCS]

This was about 7-8 hours ago and the Tsunami waves have been hitting the coast for several hours. Largest,(2 feet or so),should be hitting now. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CousinsCowgirl84]

Wow, I saw this a few hours ago but didn’t really thing it would be a big deal; looks like quite a bit of flooding on the west coast…

[NoCalMike]

My family has a beach house in Santa Cruz, parent are actually there right now by pure coincidence, luckily it's in a subdivision that is up on cliff way to high to be effected by this, but still......

Edited January 16, 2022 by NoCalMike

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Another ‘large eruption’ detected at Tonga volcano: Monitor

 

Another “large eruption” has been detected at the Tonga volcano, a Darwin-based monitoring station said Monday, two days after a massive eruption triggered tsunami waves around the Pacific.

 

The latest eruption was detected at 2210 GMT Sunday, according to an alert by the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre also said it had detected large waves in the area: “This might be from another explosion of Tonga volcano. There are no known earthquakes of significant size to generate this wave.”

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A massive volcanic eruption and tsunami hit Tonga and the Pacific. Here's what we know

 

An underwater volcano near Tonga has erupted for the third time in four days, potentially threatening the ability of surveillance flights to assess the damage to the Pacific island nation following Saturday's massive eruption and tsunami.

 

Australia's meteorological service said a "large eruption" took place at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on Monday, but no tsunami warnings have been issued.

Saturday's eruption was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts. Dramatic images from space captured the eruption in real time, as a huge plume of ash, gas and steam was spewed up to 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) into the atmosphere -- and tsunami waves were sent crashing across the Pacific.

 

No mass casualties have yet been reported, but aid organizations are concerned about contaminated air and access to clean water for people in Tonga's outlying islands.

With communications down, Australia and New Zealand sent flights to survey the damage.

 

Save the Children said drinking water supplies could be contaminated by the ash and smoke and the immediate concern in Tonga is for air and water safety.

 

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First aid finally reaches Tonga after eruption, tsunami as tale of man surviving 27-hour swim emerges

 

The first aircraft carrying humanitarian supplies arrived in Tonga on Thursday, five days after the South Pacific island nation was hit by a volcanic eruption and tsunami that devastated communities and spoiled most of its drinking water.

 

With some communication lines restored, details of the destruction were becoming clearer but accounts of dramatic escapes also emerged.

 

The delivery of the aid brought in by aircraft from Australia and New Zealand was contactless to ensure Tonga remains free of the coronavirus. The flights were carrying water containers, kits for temporary shelters, generators, hygiene supplies and communications equipment. 

 

Meanwhile tales of miraculous escapes, including that of a “real life Aquaman,” emerged from the islands. A 57-year-old Tongan man was being hailed after recounting how he had to swim at sea for about 27 hours after being swept away by the tsunami.

 

Lisala Folau, who lived on the small, isolated island of Atata which has a population of about 60 people, was swept out to sea when the waves hit land at about 7 p.m. on Saturday, he said in a radio interview to Tongan media agency Broadcom Broadcasting.

 

“I just floated, bashed around by the big waves that kept coming,” he told the radio station.

 

Folau said he kept floating, and slowly managed to swim 4.7 miles to the main island of Tongatapu, reaching the shore 27 hours later at about 10 p.m. on Sunday.

 

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Tonga Olympic flag bearer raises half a million dollars for tsunami relief

 

Pita Taufatofua, the shirtless Tongan Olympic flag bearer who became a social media sensation, has raised more than $500,000 for relief after an underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami that devastated his nation.

 

 

U.N. humanitarian officials reported that about 84,000 people — more than 80 percent of Tonga’s population — have been impacted by the eruption, U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said Wednesday.

 

“Initial reports of damage have been catastrophic and all communications with Tonga have been wiped out,” Taufatofua, who at the time was training in Australia, wrote in launching the Gofundme last week with a goal of 1,000,000 Australian dollars (more than $700,000). “In preparation and through the recovery efforts we are seeking your donations to help our island Kingdom. … Initial priority for the funds will go towards those most in need, infrastructure and damage to schools, hospitals etc.”

 

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Musk helping restore Tongan internet; virus outbreak growing

 

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is helping reconnect Tonga to the internet after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut off the South Pacific nation more than three weeks ago, according to officials, while repairs on an undersea cable are proving more difficult than first thought.

 

The tsunami severed the sole fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga to the rest of the world and most people remain without reliable connections.

 

Three people were confirmed killed in the Jan. 15 eruption of the massive undersea volcano and the resulting tsunami, and several small settlements in outlying islands were wiped out and a thick layer of volcanic ash that blanketed the main island tainted much of the drinking water.

 

Tonga had avoided the COVID-19 pandemic for more than two years, but it is now in the midst of an outbreak with new infections growing rapidly after the virus was apparently brought in by foreign military crews aboard ships and planes delivering critical aid after the volcanic eruption.

 

With many displaced people in the aftermath of the eruption, an already fragile health care system and the isolation of the islands, the outbreak is a particular cause for concern, said Katie Greenwood, the head of delegation in the Pacific for the International Red Cross.

 

“Resourcing community health and primary health facilities, especially in remote locations, is extremely challenging,” she told The Associated Press. “COVID most certainly presents a threat to these systems and to vulnerable people who may not access the level of care required.”

 

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