11420 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://reliefweb.int/report/tonga/15-january-2022-volcanic-eruption-and-tsunami-preliminary-satellite-based-comprehensiveOverview. A volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami on 15 January 2022, causing damage, devastation, and destruction on islands in the Kingdom of Tonga. The volcano erupted about 70km northwest of the capital city of Nuku'alofa, sending clouds of ash into the atmosphere and tsunami waves from the volcanic origin.2022-02-04T22:31+0100reliefWeb-a725e6408cd546417b17e76eed1b1c5d20220204223100https://en.antaranews.com/news/213533/52m-banten-quake-caused-by-oceanic-crust-deformation-bmkgJakarta (ANTARA) - The 5.2-magnitude (M) earthquake that rattled Banten Province on Friday afternoon was caused by the deformation of the oceanic crust of the Indo-Australian Plate, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has informed. The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 5:10 p.2022-02-04T17:15+0100antaranews-en-7f31da60a46b15a965ac0468465ea84220220204171500https://printveela.com/tongas-pita-taufatofua-skips-2022-winter-olympics-to-help-home-country-recover-from-natural-disasters/Tongan flag-bearer Pita Taufatofua previously captured the hearts of fans watching the Summer and Winter Olympics, but he was not at the Beijing Games’ opening ceremony on Friday. Taufatofua has been helping his home country recover from the devastating volcano and tsunami disasters that plagued the country last month.2022-02-04T16:38+0100printveela-a72a6059c97e6137e2de99c5b4885f4e20220204163800https://www.insider.com/famed-tonga-olympian-skipping-beijing-games-to-help-home-recover-2022-2Tonga's flag bearer is skipping the Olympics to help his home nation recover from last month's tsunami. Pita Taufatofua has competed in the last three games and shared his news in a statement. He also launched a GoFundMe in the wake of the disaster and has raised over $800,000 as of the Opening Ceremony.2022-02-04T15:53+0100insider-com-dfdf194b948c61fa4383b6710dbff23d20220204155300