{"id":2230,"date":"2022-01-18T09:12:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2022-01-18T09:12:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:12:46","slug":"tonga-has-lost-all-its-homes-on-one-of-its-islands-by-a-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/tonga-has-lost-all-its-homes-on-one-of-its-islands-by-a-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonga has lost all its homes on one of its islands by a volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Tuesday, the government reported that one of Tonga&#8217;s small outer islands was devastated by a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, with three people confirmed dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With communications severely hampered by an undersea cable cut, information on the scale of the devastation after Saturday&#8217;s eruption, causing waves up to 50 feet high, has so far mostly come from reconnaissance aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonga&#39;s Hunga Tonga volcano just had one of the most violent volcano eruptions ever captured on satellite. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M2D2j52gNn\">pic.twitter.com\/M2D2j52gNn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/US_Stormwatch\/status\/1482229220415721475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni&#8217;s office issued a statement saying every home on Mango island, home to 50 people, was destroyed. 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