The Latest Breaking News from Tonga

People in Tonga have been quick to reconnect with loved ones overseas and access social media, while online businesses are preparing for a reboot, now the kingdom's international internet cable and phone lines are up and running.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has been helping with reconnecting Tonga’s internet, said officials

Tonga’s main internet connection to the rest of the world has finally been restored more than five weeks after a huge volcanic eruption and tsunami severed a crucial undersea cable

Tonga's access to the internet has been restored after going offline for more than a month following a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami.

The government of Tonga announced Elon Musk’s SpaceX has donated 50 very-small-aperture terminals (VSAT) to help the South Pacific kingdom re-establish telecommunications connectivity with the world after underwater volcanic eruption and a tsunami on Jan. 15 severed its underwater fiber optic cable.

The lingering volcanic plume from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption has rekindled spectacular sunsets this week.

The first community outbreak of the coronavirus in the Solomon Islands is spreading rapidly through the largely unvaccinated population

A U.N. official says 80% of Tonga's 105,000 people were affected by the undersea volcanic eruption and ensuring tsunami that lashed the Pacific island nation on Jan. 15

Volcanic debris around Tonga is considered the likely cause of an initial power outage that crippled Australia's largest warship, HMAS Adelaide, at the end of last month.

Sea turtle Tilly swam more than 1,100 miles in January towards Tonga when she suddenly changed course, the day before Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai’s eruption

A month after the volcanic eruption and tsunami which devastated much of Tonga, the World Bank estimates the Pacific kingdom's recovery will be costly.