Tonga has borne the brunt of a huge undersea ... But last Sunday, locals were thrust into a state of crisis after the huge natural disaster. The morning after saw soot raining from the sky ...

The extent of the damage in Tonga and other areas still remains ... grim reminder of the need to always be prepared for a natural disaster. Integrated policy efforts to upgrade both welfare ...

Tonga, Fiji, and Vanuatu will collaborate to utilize these technologies to mitigate disasters. The island countries work together, discussing and building improvement measures on the problems of human ...

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...