4910 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.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10415991/How-Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Haapai-volcanic-eruption-highlights-risk-Australia-faces.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490Some of the damage in the Tonga archipelago is 'catastrophic', including on Atata and Mango islands and now a shortage of clean water threatens the health of thousands. Although Hunga Tonga was one of the biggest eruptions of recent times and looked frightening in satellite images, it was four on Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI).2022-01-19T01:23+0100dailymail-b48f5fc549480ec9aafd04d26873c67d20220119012300https://reliefweb.int/report/tonga/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-11-17-january-2022TONGA. An eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha-apai underwater volcano on 15 January caused a tsunami and ash fall in Tonga, with a 5km wide and 20km high plume of ash, steam and gas. The eruption was one of the biggest in Tonga in the past 30 years. Following the eruption, a tsunami wave of 1.2022-01-18T14:24+0100reliefWeb-0f2a1485395843e06bb465d4291fde5f20220118142400https://menafn.com/1103552452/Yes-a-tsunami-could-hit-Sydney-causing-flooding-and-dangerous-currents&source=139- The Conversation) Sulawesi's recent tsunami is a striking reminder of the devastating, deadly effects that the sudden arrival of a large volume of water can have. Published today, our new research shows what might happen if a tsunami hit Sydney Harbour. A large tsunami could cause significant flooding in Manly.2022-01-18T04:50+0100menafn-78d503238c25d8a071010cd098ecac2820220118045000https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/tonga-volcano-update-volcanic-eruption-triggers-tsunami-warnings-in-far-flung-japan-floods-10000-km-from-epicentre/2407723/The eruption also triggered tsunami warnings in Australia, and the Pacific Islands of New Vanuatu, Fiji, American Samoa, Macquarie Island, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Island. (Twitter/1NewsNZ) Tonga tsunami warning: The undersea volcanic eruption that triggered a 7.2022-01-16T12:30+0100newsnow-co-uk-dcfbefc48b20b47fd9dd0bf1206fd71420220116123000