secretary general s special envoy for the ocean. three people are now known to have died following the eruption of an underwater volcano near tonga, in a disaster the government there has called unprecedented . there are fears that ash could contaminate the water supply, and ash cloaking the airport runway has been hampering efforts to bring in aid. our correspondent howard johnson sent this report. a state of emergency has been declared by the tongan authorities, and here s why. newly released images captured by an australian surveillance flight show badly damaged buildings, knocked over shipping containers and whole communities covered in volcanic ash. we have seen that the airport and most part of the main island, where the capital is, it s been covered with volcanic ash. so, unfortunately, this will require a lot of clean up. with airport runways currently off limits, australia and new zealand s navies
died following the eruption of an underwater volcano near tonga in a disaster the government there has called unprecedented . there are fears that ash could contaminate the island state s water supply. and ash cloaking the runway of the main airport has been hampering efforts to bring aid. our corrrespondent howard johnson has this report. a state of emergency has been declared by the tongan authorities, and here s why. newly released images captured by an australian surveillance flight show badly damaged buildings, knocked over shipping containers and whole communities covered in volcanic ash. we have seen that the airport and most part of the main island, where the capital is, it s been covered with volcanic ash. so unfortunately this will require a lot of clean up. with airport runways currently off limits, australia and new zealand s navies have been dispatched with humanitarian aid relief, and its expected to take days before they arrive.
malik faisal akram was assessed to be no longer a risk. three people are now known to have died following the eruption of an underwater volcano near tonga, in a disaster the government there has called unprecedented . three people are now known to have died following the eruption of an underwater volcano near tonga, in a disaster the government there has called unprecedented . there are fears that ash could contaminate the water supply. and ash cloaking the airport runway has been hampering efforts to bring in aid. 0ur corrrespondent, howard johnson sent, this report. a state of emergency has been declared by the tongan authorities, and here s why. newly released images captured by an australian surveillance flight show badly damaged buildings, knocked over shipping containers and whole communities covered in volcanic ash. we have seen that the airport and most part of the main island, where the capital is,
bbc news, moscow. it s been a month since the devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami wreaked havoc in tonga. on 15th of january, a volcano located nearly 65km north of the capital erupted. the sheer scale of the explosion was unprecedented. nasa said it was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima during the second world war. tonga was covered in ash and power lines were damaged, severing its connection from the rest of the world. tsunamis triggered by the eruption destroyed houses and threatened people s livelihoods. the international community sent aid supplies to the disaster struck nation to help with the recovery effort. but the aid effort was complicated in part due to tonga s strict covid measures, and ash cloaking a key runway.
sent aid supplies to the disaster struck nation to help with the recovery effort. but the aid effort was complicated in part due to tonga s strict covid measures, and ash cloaking a key runway. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, my colleague karishma vaswani spoke to tonga s prime minister siaosi sovaleni. we were at home that night. and that explosion was nothing i mean, i haven t heard something like that. it was terrible, but at the same time, you know, all of a sudden, it was nightfall. just like in 20 30, to half an hour, we were in daylight, then all of a sudden it was dark, you know, it was night time. and that s like in the middle of town imagine going through that in some of the islands, it must be very terrifying. and that s why we believe