The Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption that stunned the world last January injected so much water into the stratosphere that it will likely make the ozone hole larger in the coming years, scientists ...

An eruption occurs at the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai off Tonga, Jan. 14, 2022 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Tonga Geological Services via Reuters ...

The plume generated during the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption in Tonga created the perfect conditions for a "supercharged" lightning storm. When you purchase through links on our ...

The January 15, 2022, eruption of Hunga Volcano in Tonga continues to break records. According to a new study, the eruption created a “supercharged” thunderstorm that produced the most intense ...

The 2022 Hunga-Tonga eruption likely contributed to the ozone hole in 2023. Open in Our App. Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More.

Hunga Tonga, also known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, is an underwater volcano in the South Pacific, near the kingdom of Tonga. The eruption began with increasing volcanic activity in December ...

In the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than a hundred years, the Hunga volcano belched 2.3 cubic miles of molten rock and vaporized 146 teragrams of water—enough to fill 58,000 ...

A previous eruption in 2015 birthed a cone of land connecting two islands, Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai, which form the only visible part of the 6,600-foot-tall (2,000 m) volcano.

As Tonga marks the first anniversary of the eruption, Tongan and international researchers have pieced together the geological sequence of the eruption and worked out how that set off the tsunami.

The January 15, 2022, eruption of Hunga Volcano in Tonga continues to break records. According to a new study, the eruption created a “supercharged” thunderstorm that produced the most intense ...