where cell phone service was partially restored, there are still tens of thousands of people still unable to communicate with the outside world. although communication remains a problem for the time being because of ash contamination, a shortage of drinking water and food, the big problem here for those people living in tonga is the food, food insecurity as well as water insecurity. according to tonga s speaker of the house, all agriculture has been runed. starting thursday, international aid began to arrive after the airport was cleared of ash. that includes planes filled with humanitarian aid, water and other supplies starting to arrive from new zealand and australia. royal navy ship from new zealand has also arrived in tonga. it has on board with it a desalination plant that can produce 70,000 liters of freshwater daily. arriving soon, japan is flying in two planes worth about 500 tons of bottled water. the uk is also sending a royal navy ship from tahiti filled