Tonga
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World
COVID Hits One Of The Last Uninfected Places On The Planet
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati closed…
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World
Tsunami From Tonga Volcano Eruption Causes Massive Oil Spill In Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru declared an environmental emergency on Thursday after announcing that 21 beaches on the Pacific coast…
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5 Days After Volcano Erupts, First Aid Flights Arrive In Tonga
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga finally arrived Thursday after…
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Tonga Volcano Relief Complicated By Communications Cutoff, Virus Fears
Tonga is reeling after a devastating volcanic eruption that caused a tsunami and left the island nation shrouded in ash…
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Volcanic Ash Delays Aid Deliveries To Tonga As Scale Of Damage Emerges
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Thick ash on an airport runway was delaying aid deliveries to the Pacific island nation…
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Politics
Tsunami and Huge Underwater Volcano Hit Tonga, Alert Issued for the Entire US West Coast
An undersea volcanic eruption near the Pacific island nation of Tonga caused a 7.4 magnitude earthquake. Wow! A violent underwater…
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World
Undersea Volcano Erupts In Pacific, Islanders Rush To Escape Tsunami
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday,…
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World
Tonga Reports First-Ever COVID-19 Case
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The island nation of Tonga on Friday reported its first-ever case of COVID-19 after a…
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