volcano

Tonga eruption equivalent to hundreds of Hiroshimas: NASA

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) - The Tonga volcanic eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb,…

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…

Peril and promise: gas from ‘killer lake’ powers Rwanda

by Marion DOUET Agence France-Presse LAKE KIVU, Rwanda (AFP) - The engineers aboard the floating power station on Lake Kivu…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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