On Saturday, people who live on the East Coast but are originally from a country in the South Pacific called the Kingdom of ...

Three-time Olympian Pita Taufatofua’s home country of Tonga was affected by an underwater volcano. Communication with Tonga is limited, and Taufatofua hasn’t heard from his father.

Country Fast Facts:Tonga. October 3, 2007 / 1:10 PM EDT / CBS Tonga. moveClock(); ... Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; ...

Tonga is the first project of its kind under the United Nations’ “Early Warnings for All” initiative to be funded through World Bank; Everbridge to enhance Tonga’s national, multi-hazard ...

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has caused slight damage in Tonga and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami passed. Tsunami sirens could be heard after the early Monday quake ...

Tonga is a country in Polynesia made up of 171 islands with a population of a little more than 100,000 people, most of whom live on the main island of Tongatapu.

Malakai Fekitoa may have been born and raised on the small island nation of Tonga, but his goal as a promising young rugby player was always to represent a country thousands of miles across the ocean.

Tonga is a Polynesian country of more than 170 South Pacific islands and home to about 100,000 people. It’s a remote archipelago that lies about 800 kilometers (497 miles) east of Fiji and 2,380 ...

Malia Paseka and Pita Taufatofua, of Tonga, carry their country's flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.

TOKYO (AP) — A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting a tsunami warning for the Pacific island country. The U.S. Geological Survey said the temblor hit about 100 kilometers ...