Peru declares environmental emergency on coastal area hit by oil spill
by Ernesto TOVAR Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) - Peru declared an environmental emergency Saturday to battle an oil spill…
4 years ago
Tonga
Tonga volcano eruption was like ‘atomic bomb’
by Maddison Connaughton Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Tonga's volcanic eruption felt like an "atomic bomb" that shook "the…
4 years ago
Peru demands Spain’s Repsol pay for oil spill damage
LIMA, Peru (AFP) - Peru demanded compensation Wednesday from Spanish energy giant Repsol over an oil spill caused by freak…
4 years ago
Shock waves, landslides may have caused ‘rare’ volcano tsunami: experts
PARIS, France (AFP) -- A rare volcano-triggered tsunami sparked by the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in Tonga could have…
4 years ago
Peru beaches suffer oil spill blamed on waves from Tonga volcanic eruption
by Carlos MANDUJANO Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) - Peruvian authorities sealed off three beaches Monday after they were hit…
4 years ago
First death in Tonga volcano blast as nation remains cut off
by David WILLIAMS / Andrew BEATTY SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The first death from a massive underwater volcanic blast near…
4 years ago
Tonga cut off by volcanic blast, fears grow for coastal towns
by David WILLIAMS / Andrew BEATTY SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The Pacific Island nation of Tonga was virtually cut off…
4 years ago
Tonga cut off by volcanic blast
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Tonga was virtually cut off from the rest of the world Monday after a massive volcanic…
4 years ago
Two women drown in Peru due to Tonga volcanic eruption
LIMA, Peru (AFP) - Two women drowned on a beach in northern Peru due to "anomalous waves" registered after the…
4 years ago
PHL Embassy in Wellington “closely following developments” in Tonga, Samoa, Fiji after strong volcanic eruption
(Eagle News) -- The Philippine Embassy in Wellington is "closely following developments" in Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji following the underwater…
4 years ago
Huge Tonga volcanic eruption caused ‘signifcant damage’
A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga that triggered tsunami waves around the Pacific caused "significant damage" to the island nation's…
4 years ago
Volcanic eruption, earthquake rock Tonga, trigger tsunami threats in the South Pacific
by Alfred Acenas and Arianne Torres (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) HONOLULU (Eagle News) - A powerful underwater volcanic eruption and 7.6-magnitude…
4 years ago
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