now let s hear from two people who were caught up in the eruption. john and marian tuku a fu own the vak a loa beach resort which has been badly damaged. this is their story. she called me to come and pick her up. shejust said she is having difficulties breathing and she said that the sea is a bit weird so since i left the house we disorder was a big ash cloud, with a volcano. we just came. since i seen the ocean. i ve never seen the ocean like that in my life. the wave was already starting to come on the road. and i seenjust more and starting to come on the road. and i seen just more and more of the ocean ready to come in so i was a bit scared to pick up my wife, so went down to screen for her and i had no
that was on the road, like we just shouted out, tsunami, you know, get to higherground. we just thank god that, like, you know, he led us. i mean, you know, even though the siren didn t work, but, you know, sent us as a siren for our village, you know, to inform people on the road. they were evenjust standing in the corner stores, just buying. and you know, and yeah, we thank god, we re still here, really. one thing that i definitely thought on that day was i thought the world was coming to an end. i ve never seen tonga like that. the friday, the night that night before there was disquiet with different colours. it was yellow, was red, it was orange. and then as soon as something like that and then i seen the black ash cloud still seems like it was following us, the car and also straight off the i think it was about eight o clock. then we had this gust of wind three minutes in and i was just scared
and then she said that the sea is a bi, it s weird. so when i came, as soon as i left the house, wejust seen that there was a big ash cloud, a white one with the volcano. and then then we just came to the graveyard scene. and so i ve seen the ocean. ijust i ve never seen the ocean like that in my life. the wave was already starting to come on the road, and i ve seen just more and more of the ocean. i m ready to come in. so i was a bit scared to pick up my wife. so i went down and i went to scream for her. and then i had no response and my kids were crying, 0h, we re not leaving dad, we need mum, we need mum to come with us. so ijust like them just to get in the car and we left. but for the grace of the lord, she walked out of line and we just waited for her, and then we took off. as soon as we got to kind of follow the people just looking and i wasjust smiling and wejust
there were no advanced warnings because this tsunami is believed to have been caused by an underwater landslide triggered by not an earthquake, as indonesia has seen in recent months, but a volcano. specifically crackatou and it is one of the most legendary volcanoes of the 19th century that erupted in 1883 and killed more than 30,000 people and sent up such a big ash cloud that it s believed that world global temperatures plunged as a result. this island sprung up a half a century later and been active in rents mont recent months but scientists believe the tsunami was made worse because there was a full moon saturday night and a high tide. so, again, no warning at all and that is why you see images like
similar bombings two weeks ago on al qaeda. the opposition accuses the government of staging the blasts to back up a claim that it s fighting terrorists. iran planning more war games. state-run media report another round of military drills are going to take place next month in the straight of hormuz. the most recent exercises ended just this week. tensions now have been rising over this strategic critical waterway. iran threatened recently to block the strait if new sanctions harm iranian oil exports. the government also threatens to take action if u.s. air craft carrier goes through the strait. italy s mount etna roaring back to life. ireporter joseph posten caught all of it on video. he said it started rumbling yesterday morning. once he saw the huge ash cloud he pulled out the camera and his eruption reportedly poses no danger to villagers. so far no flights have been canceled because of that big ash cloud. well, new orleans. city leaders there say teenagers not welc