Philippines: Tonga is calling for “immediate aid”, with an urgent need for fresh water and food, as it assesses the damage caused by Saturday’s eruption of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai.
The volcano exploded in a massive eruption on Saturday – said to be the biggest since Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 – triggering a tsunami and blanketing the Pacific island nation in volcanic ash.
People on the coast of Peru have been filmed panicking in the aftermath of an underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga which triggered a tsunami.
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano sent strong waves to nearby countries including Peru, Chile, and Fiji after it erupted on Saturday.
