
Tonga volcano eruption: Air NZ postpones repatriation flight due to ash clouds
Flight scheduled to leave Auckland this Thursday postponed indefinitely.
Flight scheduled to leave Auckland this Thursday postponed indefinitely.
Nema said strong and unusual currents are expected to continue.
Saturday's eruption created a giant umbrella of ash - but it won't dent global warming.
Prime Minister says New Zealand is ready to help the people of Tonga.
'Mum's been crying and singing and crying again.'
Vulcanologist says Tongan blast the biggest since Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991.
'[The eruption] escalated at very short notice,' says Kiwi scientist.
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Islands face massive clean-up after blast that sent ash, steam and gas 20km into air.
Around midnight, one video captured police and SES rushing to the beach.
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The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano has erupted regularly over the past few decades.
Waves swept through the streets and volcanic ash rained down on Nuku'alofa.
Tongans rush for high land after tsunami warning and surging waves hit mainland.
People have been advised to stay out of the water and away from the coast.
Today's ash clouds have fallen back into the ocean over a 10km radius.
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Tongatapu is in lockdown for seven days after the kingdom recorded its first Covid case.
Tongatapu, where most of the population live, will go into lockdown from midnight.
A record daily number of cases on Saturday was followed by 143 cases on Sunday.
Tonga's first positive Covid-19 case has been moved to a quarantine facility.
As at 10am, 65 of today's cases are linked and 95 remain under investigation.
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