1785110GDACS 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 Volcanic eruptions have significant impact on Tonga with tsunami causing damageshttp://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0117/c90000-9945241.htmlTongan geologists aboard a ship watch the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga, Jan. 15, 2022. (Photo provided by Tonga Geological Services of the Government of Tonga.) Friday's violent eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano continued for over 12 hours and the volcano....2022-01-17T02:03+0100peopledaily-c43c5a219fe3272bbad9b5ffd2c40fc820220117020300Volcanic eruptions have significant impact on Tonga with tsunami causing damageshttp://www.ecns.cn/news/society/2022-01-17/detail-ihauveie2087411.shtmlThe eruptions of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga on Friday and Saturday have a significant impact on the South Pacific island country, especially its capital Nuku'alofa. According to Tonga's news website Matangi Tonga Online, Friday's violent volcanic eruption continued for over 12....2022-01-17T01:57+0100ecns-fe7c468cd06586017acd726e242cabe520220117015700MIL-OSI Australia: Australia to provide assistance to Tonga following volcanic eruption and tsunamihttps://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2022/01/17/mil-osi-australia-australia-to-provide-assistance-to-tonga-following-volcanic-eruption-and-tsunami/Joint media release: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Marise Payne; Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator the Hon Zed Seselja. The Government of Tonga has agreed to the Morrison Government’s offer of a surveillance flight, to assess the....2022-01-17T01:53+0100foreignaffairs-nz-c9acb18c56ef0309c8a67c503b26ac7b20220117015300Tsunami-hit Tonga faces communication challenges, says Jacinda Ardern – videohttps://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/jan/16/tsunami-hit-tonga-faces-communication-challenges-says-jacinda-ardern-videoThe prime minister of New Zealand told a news conference on Sunday that contact had not been established with coastal areas beyond the capital, Nuku’alofa, after a tsunami hit Tonga following an underwater volcanic eruption. Ardern said the main undersea communications cable was affected, probably due to loss of power.2022-01-17T01:50+0100guardian-ffc0a7bd3aaf653a15e97a2747c487bd20220117015000