to start an animal shelter, where she looks after and houses stray dogs, and is a popular figure on the island. the local authorities have been conducting searches and i believe they are still ongoing. it is daytime here. look, it is 48 hours. i am not holding out much hope. communications to tonga remain badly affected. not knowing what happened to loved ones is creating an unbearable concern. howard johnson, bbc news, manila. and we can show you some incredible footage that has been sent to us. these are pictures of the volcanic eruption off tonga from last friday, you can see the size of the black clouds and volcanic ash explosion. a japanese weather satellite detected that the ash plumes were up to 20 kilometres in size.