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Pacific tsunami threat recedes, volcano ash hinders response
Updated On: 17 January, 2022 08:03 AM IST | Wellington | Agencies
Satellite images showed the spectacular eruption that took place Saturday evening, with a plume of ash, steam and gas rising like a mushroom above the blue Pacific waters. A sonic boom could be heard as far away as Alaska
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A couple look at a damaged boat in a marina at Tutukaka, New Zealand on Sunday after waves from the volcano eruption swept into the marina. Pic/AP
The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede Sunday, but the massive ash cloud covering the tiny island nation of Tonga prevented surveillance flights from New Zealand to assess the extent of damage.
Satellite images showed the spectacular eruption that took place Saturday evening, with a plume of ash, steam and gas rising like a mushroom above the blue Pacific waters. A sonic boom could be heard as far away as Alaska.
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