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Tsunami threat recedes, volcano ash hinders response in Tonga


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All internet connectivity with Tonga was lost at about 6:40pm local time on Saturday, said Doug Madory, director of internet analysis for the network intelligence firm Kentik.On Tonga, which is home to about 105,000 people, video posted to social media showed large waves washing ashore in coastal areas and swirling around homes, a church and other buildings.A Twitter user called Dr Faka’iloatonga Taumoefolau posted a video showing waves crashing ashore.“Can literally hear the volcano eruption, sounds pretty violent,” he wrote, adding in a later post: “Raining ash and tiny pebbles, darkness blanketing the sky.”The erup­tion of Hun­ga-Ton­ga-Hun­ga-Ha’apai trig­gered tsuna­mi waves in Ton­ga and oth­er places around the world.Satel­lite im­ages showed a plume of ash, steam and gas ris­ing like a mush­room above the Pa­cif­ic wa­ters.New Zealand leader says vol­canic erup­tion dam­aged Ton­ga’s cap­i­tal, but there are no re­ports of deaths as of yet.Tsuna­mi hits Ton­ga af­ter vol­cano erupts near the Pa­cif­ic is­land, trig­ger­ing alerts as far as the US West Coast.Follow Al Jazeera English:

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