Dramatic satellite images showed the long, rumbling eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha apai volcano spew smoke and ash in the air, with a thunderous roar heard 10,000 kilometres (6,000 miles) away in Alaska.
NUKU'ALOFA (TONGA) - The massive underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga was so powerful it was recorded around the world and triggered a tsunami that flooded Pacific coastlines from Japan to the United States, scientists said Sunday.
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