Since the outbreak of submarine volcanoes and tsunami disasters in Tonga, communications have been difficult, and the situation of Chinese citizens in Tonga has always been a topic of concern to us. In this regard, Su Tong, a reporter from CCTV, interviewed an employee of a Chinese enterprise in Tonga through the maritime satellite telephone on the afternoon of the 19th, and learned about the current situation in Tonga on the phone. Zhao Yongming, Manager of the Tonga Manager Department of China Civil Engineering Group South Pacific Co., Ltd. (Maritime Satellite Telephone): We can call each other on this Tarbe Island, but our island cannot call places other than this island, nor can we contact places outside Tonga. Basically, according to the actual situation, if there is no problem, we go to work normally; if there is rain or too much volcanic ash, we temporarily stop working. This time, after the dangerous situation, we did not panic, because we knew that our living supplies were enough to support all of us now for more than 3 months.
Employees in Tang: Volcanic ash is everywhere
The local government resumed office this week to clean up the ash
Zhao Yongming, Manager of the Tonga Manager Department of China Civil Engineering Group South Pacific Co., Ltd. (Maritime Satellite Phone): After volcanic ash is now everywhere, we have taken certain protective measures for the water source, including further installing local water purification devices on the groundwater here, and then our rainwater collector has blocked the inlet, and the existing rainwater is safe. For safety reasons, we all go out and now wear medical masks.
At present, if you drive independently on this side, there is no car in front of you, and there is no wind, and the visibility of the road surface is very high. If there is a car in front of you, after the car in front of you has gone, the ash on the road will flutter up, and the visibility of the road will be very poor.
The government department is supposed to have resumed operations from this week, and most of the Tongan government is likely to focus on cleaning the ashes from the road at this time. After the eruption of the volcano at about five or six o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th, only half a day of rain fell on the morning of the 18th, and the rest of the time was basically sunny, if there is heavy rain, it may be more conducive to the spread of volcanic ash, so far these days should be sunny.
Source: CCTV Finance