At least 79,700 people contracted coronavirus in the seven days to last Thursday, more than double the 33,600 weekly infections recorded in the final week of October.
A rare volcano-triggered tsunami sparked by the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in Tonga could have been caused by shock waves or shifting underwater land, experts said
The phenomenon confused weather agency officials, as tide level changes were only a few dozen centimeters at some observation points and they changed too quickly for a tsunami.