Humanitarian efforts to assist Tonga after a volcanic eruption are being complicated by the South Pacific nation’s determination to keep Covid-19 at bay as well as a lack of digging equipment needed to remove ash from the airport runway.
The subsea eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano, about 65km north of the capital Nuku’alofa, triggered a tsunami that caused substantial damage to the island nation.
Tsunami waves also crossed the Pacific Ocean while the eruption, which created an enormous ash cloud, set off a sonic boom that could be heard as far away as Alaska
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