On the two islands closest to the eruption of the Tonga volcano, village houses were destroyed, and about 150 people on the island are unknown

Jimu news reporter Hu Li

According to New Zealand media stuff reported on January 19, following the total destruction of Mang'ao Island, the "whole village" on another Atata Island in Tonga was also completely destroyed.

Images taken in Tanga air during a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Reconnaissance flight on Jan. 17 showed ashes covering homes. Image source: stuff

At around 1 p.m. local time on January 19, a government official in the office of the New Zealand High Commissioner revealed that Atata, one of the islands closest to the eruption of Tonga Volcano, has been completely destroyed and there are no houses left. It is reported that this island is home to the Royal Sunset Island Resort.

According to Reuters, Turtis Tuihalanjingi, Tonga's diplomat in Australia, said aerial images taken by New Zealand Air Force aircraft were "shocking", with a village on Mangau Island completely destroyed and "a large number of buildings disappearing" on the nearby island of Atata.

Mang'ao Island and Atata Island are tens of kilometers away from Hong Aha Apai Island, where the submarine volcano erupted on the 15th, and have about 50 inhabitants and 100 people respectively. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said it received distress messages from Mango Island.

In addition, government sources also revealed that three people who had previously reported deaths due to the volcanic eruption were two of them, a 25-year-old female from Mangao Island and a 49-year-old male from Nomuka Island. There is also a British woman Glover who is trying to save her dog from being caught in a tsunami.

According to the New Zealand Radio website reported on the 17th, the power supply in Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga, has recovered 80%, but the Internet is still unconnectable. The west coast of Tarbe Island, where the capital is located, was badly damaged, and the streets of the capital were littered with thick layers of volcanic ash.

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