As help from abroad started arriving, an Australian aid flight was forced to return to base because of a positive Covid-19 case onboard, underlining the complexity of a contactless humanitarian mission to one of the few countries that has kept theNew Zealand’s High Commission said that the HMNZS Aotearoa had arrived in the capital, Nuku’alofa. As well as water supplies it was carrying desalination equipment that can produce 70,000 liters a day.
and knocked out communications for the nation of about 105,000 people, and sent shockwaves across the Pacific.This image released Friday shows an aerial view of the Tongan capital, Nuku'alofa, following a massive underwater volcanic eruption on Jan. 15.The salt water from the tsunami and the falling ash spoiled most sources of water on the islands and Tongans have been struggling to find clean water as they clear away the ash.
The first aid flights from Australia and New Zealand landed in Tonga on Thursday with some water for sanitation and hygiene as well as shelter, communication equipment and generators.NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has said the force of last Saturday’s eruption was estimated to be equivalent to five to 10 megatons of TNT, or more than 500 times that of the nuclear bomb the United States dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima at the end of World War II.
Members of the Australian military unload humanitarian supplies at Fuaʻamotu International Airport in Tonga on Thursday.“I opened the window shutter to see if we could see any effects of the eruption, and saw this dramatic, high-altitude plume blocking out the sun,” Barron said on Facebook.United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told a briefing that Tonga has asked for urgent assistance.
'A New Zealand navy ship carrying 250,000 liters of water arrived in Tonga on Friday, bringing lifesaving supplies for the South Pacific archipelago six days after it was devastated by a volcanic eruption and tsunami that polluted its water sources.' NiceToHear, NZDefenceForce
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