Polynesia

Volcano-hit Tonga enters lockdown after Covid-19 detected

Tonga will enter a lockdown after finding coronavirus infections in two port workers helping distribute aid arriving in the Pacific nation following a volcanic eruption and tsunami.

Tonga struggles after eruption and tsunami

The Red Cross provided tents, food, water and toilets to households on Tonga’s main island which has been suffering devastating effect of volcano eruption.

Aid begins to arrive in tsunami-hit Tonga as airport opens

Australia and New Zealand have sent humanitarian supplies including temporary shelters, generators, hygiene kits, and communications equipment to the tsunami-hit pacific nation.

Tonga volcanic eruption highlights risk to global telecoms network

Tonga’s only undersea cable was damaged after Saturday’s volcano-tsunami disaster, plunging the Pacific island into a communications blackout that could last for weeks.

Tonga sees 'extensive damage' from volcanic eruption as evacuations begin

At least three people have died and many were injured after a volcanic eruption and tsunami destroyed an entire village on Tonga's Mango island, the government reports.

Volcanic ash delays aid to Tonga

Volcanic eruption has cut communication with the Pacific island nation of Tonga as New Zealand and Australia sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage .

Distress signal detected in low-lying Tonga island

South Pacific archipelago remains largely cut off from the world several days after eruption on an uninhabited volcanic island cut its main undersea communications cable.

Large waves detected as Tonga volcano erupts again

Darwin-based monitoring station reports another eruption, three days after eruption of an underwater volcano triggered a tsunami and blanketed the Pacific island with ash.

Tonga issues tsunami warning after massive undersea volcano eruption

The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai underwater volcano, located about 65 kilometres north of Nuku'alofa, caused a 1.2 metre tsunami.

Houthi prosecution of Yemeni model ‘marred with irregularities, abuse’

Yemen’s Houthis have charged Intisar al Hammadi with committing an indecent act by modelling and with drug possession and Human Rights Watch says the rebels reportedly threatened to subject her to a “virginity test”.

France alarmed by radiation, a colonial legacy still lingering in Algeria

A spring desert wind laced with radioactive dust has struck France, but it's nothing compared to what Algerians have faced as a result of France's testing of nuclear weapons in former colonies.

France hid 'true impact' of nuclear tests on Polynesian population

For over 50 years, France deliberately concealed the impact of radioactive contamination from its tests on the Pacific island which infected almost "entire population" of French Polynesia, a new investigation reveals.