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Tongan staff cleaning up beaches (infographic)
Overseas network on January 19, comprehensive Japanese media "Sports News" and social media reports, the South Pacific island country of Tonga on the 15th undersea volcano violently erupted and caused a tsunami. After the disaster occurred, the Tongan Embassy in Japan posted a continuous article on social media for the first time on the 18th to officially announce the disaster situation.
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According to the Tonga Embassy in Japan, on the night of January 15, 2022, a violent eruption occurred in Tonga's undersea volcano, and according to the tsunami warning, locals took refuge on a large scale. Smoke from the eruption reaches the stratosphere, covering the entire island of Tonga. The 15-metre-high waves hit the west coast of Tongatapu Island, Ewa Island and Hapai Island. As submarine communications fibre-optic cables were damaged in the eruption, The Tonga Internet and communications network were completely disrupted.
The Tonga Embassy in Japan said that so far, a total of 3 dead have been identified, in addition to a British person identified earlier, there is a 65-year-old woman living on Mango Island, and a 49-year-old male living on Nomuca Island. Several others were injured.
The Tongan Embassy in Japan also noted that volcanic ash has caused serious pollution to local water quality and that the Tongan government is doing its best to ensure that people's drinking water is safe. In addition, due to damage to the terminal and volcanic ash falling from the taxiway of the airport, it is currently difficult to transport by sea and air.
According to foreign media previous news, the Tonga government spoke out for the first time on the 18th, saying that all the buildings on an island were destroyed by the tsunami and said that it suffered an "unprecedented disaster". (Overseas Network Wang Shanning)
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