60640GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material Dramatic footage of tsunami hitting the Pacific island of Tonga after a giant underwater volcano eruptedhttps://www.businessinsider.com/video-tsunami-hits-tonga-after-giant-pacific-ocean-volcano-erupted-2022-1This picture taken on December 21, 2021 shows white gaseous clouds rising from the Hunga Ha'apai eruption seen from the Patangata coastline near Tongan capital Nuku'alofa. - A huge dust cloud spewed out when a volcano erupted in Tonga this week could result in showers of acid rain across the Pacific kingdom, emergency authorities have warned.2022-01-15T13:19+0100businessinsider-it-15c04dd8e490cc513bf29bd629ccbd5120220115131900'Thought Bombs Were Exploding': Tongans Flee Tsunami After Powerful Volcanic Eruptionhttps://www.news18.com/news/world/thought-bombs-were-exploding-tongans-flee-tsunami-after-powerful-volcanic-eruption-4661471.htmlFrightened Tongans fled to the higher ground Saturday after a massive volcanic eruption — heard in neighbouring countries — triggered tsunami warnings across the South Pacific. “A 1.2-metre tsunami wave has been observed at Nuku’alofa," Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology tweeted.2022-01-15T13:18+0100news18-f90836d98ea10c50aa184799b205c84e20220115131800Tongans flee tsunami following powerful volcanic eruptionhttps://www.thejournal.ie/undersea-volcano-erupts-tsunami-tonga-pacific-5655540-Jan2022/FRIGTENED TONGANS HAVE fled to higher ground after a massive volcanic eruption – heard in neighbouring countries – triggered tsunami warnings across the South Pacific. “A 1.2 metre tsunami wave has been observed at Nuku’alofa,” Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology tweeted.2022-01-15T13:18+0100thejournal-37103eaf5405305e9a149cf867f210e620220115131800Tsunami warning issued for parts of Australiahttps://www.news.com.au/national/tsunami-warning-issued-for-parts-of-australia/video/6d61f89d688d5e08451bea05f75f2627An underwater volcano off Tonga has erupted, triggering a tsunami warning for parts of Australia’s east coast, including Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. The Bureau of Meteorology has also issued a warning for Macquarie Island, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.2022-01-15T13:16+0100news_com_au-7fc365b8405c8afd16ed5db2a02ed5fc20220115131600