Tongans make contact with world as phone lines partially restored after tsunami

The explosion of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, which has killed at least three people and sent tsunami waves across the Pacific, knocked out communications of about 105,000 people on Saturday.

Speaking to Reuters from Nuku'alofa, local journalist Marian Kupu said Tongans were in the process of cleaning up all the dust but feared they may run out of drinking water. A view of a beach and debris following volcanic eruption and tsunami in Nuku'alofa, Tonga on Jan 18, 2022. Satellite images show residential homes and buildings in an area of Tonga on Dec 19, 2021 and the same area on Jan 18, 2022, after the tsunami "I won't say we are expecting more deaths but as we are speaking the government is trying to fly to the other islands to check over them," she said.

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