93070 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 https://www.enca.com/news/tsunami-hits-tonga-us-west-coast-alert-after-volcano-eruptsNUKU'ALOFA - Frightened Tongans fled to higher ground Saturday after a massive volcanic eruption sent tsunami waves crashing onto the South Pacific island and triggered warnings as far as the US West Coast. Dramatic images from space showed the moment the latest eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga....2022-01-15T21:17+0100enca-25b7695c93a9971eb9b4c51cb23c873c20220115211700https://www.sciencealert.com/undersea-volcano-s-eruption-caught-by-satellite-triggered-tsunami-waves-in-south-pacificFrightened Tongans fled to higher ground Saturday after a massive volcanic eruption sent tsunami waves crashing onto the South Pacific island and triggered warnings as far as the US West Coast. Dramatic images from space showed the moment the latest eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai sent a....2022-01-15T21:14+0100newsnow-co-uk-0abcb94545573102ba41510b930eb9ab20220115211400https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/tsunami-alert-issued-for-us-canada-after-volcanic-eruption-in-tonga/2475055WASHINGTON Following an underwater volcanic eruption that hit the Pacific country of Tonga, a weather center issued a tsunami warning for the western coast of US and Canada. According to a statement by the Tsunami Warning Center of US National Weather Service, a tsunami warning has been issued for....2022-01-15T21:14+0100newsnow-co-uk-18452de5fe345e96ef9ef5e4836afe9120220115211400https://www.rt.com/news/546171-california-tsunami-warning-tonga/A tsunami warning was put into effect for the US West Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii on Saturday, after a volcano erupted in the South Pacific near the island of Tonga. Videos of the ensuant flooding have been posted on social media. “A tsunami is occurring,” the US National Weather Service announced, after tidal waves hit Tonga.2022-01-15T21:14+0100newsnow-co-uk-424ea1614cf51603946459c595299a6320220115211400