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TSUNAMI HITS TONGA AFTER GIANT VOLCANO ERUPTION

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Watch: Satellite images capture the moment the giant underwater volcano erupts

Tsunami waves caused by a giant underwater volcanic eruption have hit the
Pacific country of Tonga.

Social media footage showed water washing through a church and several homes,
and witnesses said ash was falling over the capital, Nuku'alofa.

A tsunami warning sent residents scrambling to higher ground.

The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano sent shockwaves across the
South Pacific.

Tonga's capital lies just 65km north of the volcano.

One Tongan resident, Mere Taufa, said the eruption hit as her family was
preparing for dinner, and her younger brother thought bombs were exploding
nearby.



"My first instinct was to take cover under the table, I grabbed my little
sister, and screamed at my parents and others in the house to do the same," New
Zealand news site Stuff.co.nz quoted her as saying.

Ms Taufa said the next thing she knew, water was rushing into their home.

"You could just hear screams everywhere, people screaming for safety, for
everyone to get to higher ground," she added.

The plumes of gas, smoke and ash pouring from the volcano reached 20km into the
sky, Tonga Geological Services said.

The eight-minute eruption was so violent it could be heard as "loud thunder
sounds" in Fiji, more than 800km (500 miles) away, according to officials in the
capital Suva. The Fijian Government has advised people in low-lying coastal
areas to leave, and opened evacuation centres.

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In New Zealand, which is more than 2,300km away, officials have warned of storm
surges.



The National Emergency Management Agency said coastal areas on the north and
east coast of the North Island could see "strong and unusual currents and
unpredictable surges at the shore".

Local forecaster Weather Watch tweeted: "The energy release is simply
astonishing", adding: "Reports of people hearing the sonic booms across New
Zealand."

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