Consulate of the Kingdom of Tonga The island of Tongatapu has been coated in a layer of volcanic ash The pictures also show the aftermath of the tsunami waves, described by Tonga's government as ...

Scientists have found signs of life on one of the world's newest islands, just four years after it was spawned by a volcanic eruption. Unofficially known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, it lies in ...

The force of the Jan. 15 eruption of an undersea volcano near the Tonga islands in the South Pacific was said to have been similar to, or slightly greater than, that of the 1707 event. The ...