Before this point, the island at Home Reef had reached 12.2 hectares (30.1 acres), which is roughly 2,000 times smaller than Tonga’s main island, Tongatapu; and around 6,500 times smaller than ...

The underwater eruption of the Tongan volcano in January 2022 sent a plume of ash and gas 20 kilometers (12 miles) into the atmosphere and excavated a crater 850 meters (half a mile) deep on the ...

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...

The Hunga Tonga underwater volcano was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, and now, two years later, new ...

“The majority of volcanoes will have a cooling effect,” said Peter Thorne, a professor of climate science at Maynooth University in Ireland. The Tongan volcano “is an exception to the rule ...

An underwater volcano near the South Pacific island nation ... the volcanic island about 65 kilometres north of the Tongan capital Nuku’alofa. It is believed to be the biggest volcanic eruption ...

An island country offering unspoilt white sandy beaches encompassed by some of the most pristine coral reefs left on the ...

amotu International Airport on the island of Tongatapu, Tonga, January 20, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. New Zealand High Commission, Nuku'alofa Tonga/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS ...