21320 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.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tonga-volcanic-eruption-and-tsunami-national-mp-shane-reti-appeals-to-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-to-help-with-telecommunications/6U5SGVYO3F57E4UWWYHACQHKUI/?c_id=1&objectid=12499931&ref=rssSpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has responded to a National MP's appeal to urgently help Tonga restore its internet connection after the volcanic eruption severed communications. Dr Shane Reti yesterday published a letter he had sent to Musk, asking for help to provide his Starlink satellite technology to the Pacific country.2022-01-22T01:37+0100nzherald-b2530506fb28ca6429e444b23db8259120220122013700http://www.publicnow.com/view/44427B509D93AED446B5B26EBD39CBBFE9EF60D7The Caribbean Community CARICOM has expressed 'heartfelt sorrow' at the tragic loss of life from the recent tsunami in Tonga. CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett shared the Community's concern in a message of condolence to the Prime Minister of Tonga, H.E.2022-01-22T01:34+0100publicnow-e343efe87246e8e34562e4461e57600920220122013400https://dailycaller.com/2022/01/21/tonga-man-swept-sea-underground-volcano-eruption-survives-floating-26-hours/A disabled Tongan man survived for 26 hours at sea after a 20-foot tsunami wave caused by an underground volcano swept him into the water, The New York Times reported. Lisala Folau, a retired carpenter, told the Tongan radio station Broadcom FM that he was painting his home on the island of Atata on Saturday, Jan.2022-01-22T01:14+0100dailycaller-0716d79e06cf49b718ee2a2c572f090220220122011400https://reliefweb.int/report/tonga/un-coordinator-tonga-resources-ground-are-not-enough**As news coverage of the eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade away, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the country has a message to the outside world: Tonga’s people are going to need sustained support responding to a disaster of this scale.2022-01-22T00:39+0100reliefWeb-d61ba3b50f8076cd237f6b6a684f337720220122003900