2295530 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.ibtimes.com/distress-signal-detected-low-lying-tongan-island-3377331A distress signal has been detected in a low-lying Tongan island following the volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said Tuesday as the first death was reported. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs expressed concern for two islands, Mango and Fonoi, after....2022-01-18T03:56+0100ibtimes-0f474d1d7c9b44489b40193b7c4494e520220118035600https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tonga-volcano-eruption-ash-1.6317364?cmp=rssSignificant damage was reported along the western coast of Tonga's main island and outer islands on Tuesday following a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, but a closed airport and downed communications are hampering international relief efforts. The New Zealand High Commission reported the....2022-01-18T03:55+0100CBC-7a27347e33025c0ac1146bd3b8b05b4f20220118035500https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/distress-signal-detected-in-low-lying-tongan-island/articleA distress signal has been detected in a low-lying Tongan island following the volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said Tuesday as the first death was reported. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs expressed concern for two islands, Mango and Fonoi, after....2022-01-18T03:43+0100newsnow-co-uk-2018c11b63b9915666e279ca7c9a5c0220220118034300https://www.news.com.au/national/new-imagery-shows-ashcovered-tongan-island-of-nomuka/video/b01d30832031b528f6383a72333235faNew imagery from a surveillance aircraft sent to Tonga by the New Zealand Defence Force on January 17 shows the small island of Nomuka covered in ash after a colossal underwater volcanic eruption on Saturday. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Saturday evening, triggering tsunami....2022-01-18T03:33+0100news_com_au-eb0f339cb6c647e95c4e0d2aea762f8b20220118033300