tonga has only registered a single case of covid 19, and is determined to keep the virus out of the country. we have seen that the airport and most we have seen that the airport and most part we have seen that the airport and most part of the main island, with the capital most part of the main island, with the capital is, is covered in volcanic the capital is, is covered in volcanic ash. so, unfortunately, this will volcanic ash. so, unfortunately, this will require a lot of clean up. here in the uk, the family of a british woman swept away by the tsunami say her body has been found. 50 year old angela glover ran a dog sanctuary in the tongan capital, and was reportedly killed as she tried to rescue one of her animals. she was living on the beach and she was living her dream. you know, she always wanted eh, to live, you know, in a place like tonga, and was so proud that she she was able to fulfil that. days after the hunga tonga hunga ha apai volcano erupted, there s still so lit
drinking water is one of the first main issues of priority for the people in tonga. here in the uk, the family of a british woman swept away by the tsunami say her body has been found. 50 year old angela glover ran a dog sanctuary in the tongan capital, and was reportedly killed as she tried to rescue one of her animals. she was living on the beach and she was living her dream. you know, she always wanted, eh, to live, you know, in a place like tonga, and was so proud that she she was able to fulfil that. days after the hunga tonga hunga ha apai volcano erupted, there s still so little information as to the scale of its impact. for now, the international aid community can only prepare for the worst, but hope for the best. gareth barlow, bbc news. katie greenwood from the international federation of the red cross has been co ordinating their response
which connects tonga to the world. it lasted 8 minutes and sent ash 20 kilometres into the air. and it triggered a tsunami across the pacific waves reached as far as alaska almost 10,000km away. and this was the tongan capital, nuku alofa. waves nearly a metre high flooded buildings. now these are pictures from saturday and now several days on we got an idea of the damage. here s the new zealand s high commissioner to tonga on the phone from capital. it s a huge clean up operation under way that the town has been blanketed in volcanic dust but they are making progress and roads have been cleared and the buildings being cleaned up and the buildings being cleaned up and on the waterfront lots of rubble and on the waterfront lots of rubble and rock and some damage to the
buildings there might they re trying to get back to normal. and we have these pictures of the tongan capital. this is the main port in december. and this is the same port facility two days after the eruption. again, it s covered in ash.(ani)so that s the view from the capital. but we know the damage to the outlying islands is far greater. mung oh island is 70km from the volcano. 50 people live there. on monday the un detected a distress signal coming from the island. and this is why. this image is taken by the new zealand defence. tsunami waves destroyed every home here. a ta ta island is closer to the volcano and home to a 100 people. there a large number of buildings missing. remaining structures probably had flood damage. and this island is 80 kilometres from the volcano. the image caption says all but the largest buildings were destroyed. and here s the international
the aid effort will be made doubly difficult by the coronavirus. tonga has only registered a single case of covid i9, and is determined to keep the virus out of the country. from what we have seen and been advised of, drinking water is one of the first main issues of priority for the people in tonga. here in the uk, the family of a british woman swept away by the tsunami say her body has been found. 50 year old angela glover ran a dog sanctuary in the tongan capital, and was reportedly killed as she tried to rescue one of her animals. she was living on the beach and she was living her dream. you know, she always wanted, to live, you know, in a place like tonga, and was so proud that she she was able to fulfil that. days after the hunga tonga hunga ha apai volcano erupted, there s still so little information