Tonga is calling for “immediate aid”, with an urgent need for fresh water and food, as it assesses the damage caused by Saturday’s eruption of a volcano.

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17 January 2022

The massive eruption triggered a tsunami and blanketed the Pacific island nation in volcanic ash.

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