15230 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.bssnews.net/news/45529WELLINGTON, Feb 19, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Tonga says space entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk has donated 50 satellite terminals to help the volcano- damaged Pacific island reconnect with the world. Tonga's telecommunications system has been severely restricted since January 15 when a violent....2022-02-19T06:33+0100bssnews-11b2577756879a4cd921a2f149bff0f920220219063300https://www.iflscience.com/environment/tongas-volcanic-eruption-created-record-590000-volcanic-lightning-strikes/The devasting Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption that happened last month in the Tongan Archipelago generated a deadly tsunami and a plume reaching 55 kilometers (34 miles) up into the mesosphere. This dramatic release of ashes created the perfect condition for another natural phenomenon: volcanic lightning.2022-02-19T06:24+0100newsnow-co-uk-79619c0309d49476aa2082e85b745eaa20220219062400https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/elon-musk-helping-restore-tongan-internet-virus-outbreak-growingIn this photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, Australian Defence Force and Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade crisis response team personnel make a damage assessment operation in Nuku'alofa, on Atata island in Tonga, following the eruption of underwater volcano, on Feb. 4, 2022.2022-02-19T06:24+0100newsnow-co-uk-cfb04ed08d7e577d04f9aa48787adc1d20220219062400https://www.newagebd.net/article/163163/elon-musk-donates-satellite-gear-to-reconnect-tongaTesla founder Elon Musk. -- AFP photo. Tonga says that space entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk has donated 50 satellite terminals to help the volcano-damaged Pacific island reconnect with the world. Tonga’s telecommunications system has been severely restricted since January 15 when a violent....2022-02-19T06:14+0100newagebd-fb06a307002fce1697819e48e004808420220219061400