The volcanic eruption in Tonga flooded Santa Cruz harbor, prompted surfers to evacuate at Pleasure Point, and created dangerous conditions at beaches and along the Central Coast.
After an explosion at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano triggered a global tsunami warning the blast likely the most violent eruption ever captured by satellite deep waves of displaced water began traveling toward the Bay Area in what was the region's most threatening tsunamic event in a decade.