Tongans living overseas are facing an anxious wait for news of loved ones after a volcano triggered a tsunami.
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupted on Saturday, about
65km (40 miles) north of the capital Nuku’alofa.
The eruption, which was heard as far away as the US, caused waves
higher than a metre to crash into Tonga.
The authorities have not confirmed any deaths but communications are
crippled, making it difficult to establish the scale of the destruction.
But a British woman, Angela Glover, died after being swept away in the
waves, her brother says.
More than 10,000km away, two people drowned off a beach in northern
Peru amid abnormally high waves.
Both New Zealand and Australia sent surveillance flights to find out
more, with New Zealand saying there had been “significant damage”
along the western coast of Tongatapu, Tonga’s main island.
