Tonga is full of volcanic ash Chinese companies food and drinking water enough for 3 months

On the afternoon of the 19th, Zhao Yongming, a reporter of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, introduced the latest situation of Chinese enterprises in the local companies after the volcanic eruption in Tonga through the maritime satellite phone.

"At the moment, the island of Tonga is full of volcanic ash, the trees are full of dust, and the air is full of dust." The main station reporter mentioned that the Chinese company has no casualties, it is currently safe, the living materials and fresh water reserves are sufficient, which can be used by 38 employees for 3 months, and the local supermarkets and gas stations have resumed normal business.

According to the main station reporter, most of the local residents' fresh water is mainly collected through rainwater collectors, if volcanic ash covers the collector, the collected fresh water will not be used, but the specific pollution of the water source still needs to wait for the local government to announce. Currently, Chinese companies can buy enough bottled drinking water.

In the follow-up live broadcast, the main station reporter further introduced the local communication and rescue situation, and the employees of the Chinese company in the local company have been in communication with the Chinese Embassy in Tonga, and they can use the internal satellite phone. Employees of local companies said they could now contact the company's headquarters in China using their in-house satellite phones. However, regular communications on the ground are still in a state of interruption, and the main station reporter believes that it is imperative to restore communication with the outside world as soon as possible.

The reporter mentioned that at present, no foreign institutions or other countries have entered Tonga to provide rescue, and now they mainly rely on the local government to carry out post-disaster rescue, and the local government is already resettling and comforting the victims. At present, local people and foreign companies and institutions in the local area are cleaning up the volcanic ash, and some machinery and equipment have also been used to step up the road cleaning work.

On the 15th, the reporter of the main station used a driving recorder to capture the footage after the eruption of the Tonga volcano in Tonganuku'alofa. In the picture, the volcanic ash fragments are "as big as hail", and the shock wave makes people "buzz in the eardrums". (Reporter Zhao Yongming)

Source: CCTV news client