The atmosphere is still feeling the effects of the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga-Tonga volcano in the southern Pacific ...

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres on Tuesday issued a "global SOS" on climate change, as he visited Tonga for a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum. Guterres' trip coincided with the ...

The blast from the volcano could be heard in Alaska, and the waves crossed the ocean to cause an oil spill and two drownings in Peru. The startling satellite images resembled a massive nuclear ...

A MASSIVE earthquake has struck the Pacific Ocean sparking a tsunami warning amid fears of fresh disaster for the nearby island nations. The 7.1 magnitude tremor rocked the sea around 130 miles ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- An undersea volcano erupted Saturday near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore and forcing people to rush to higher ground. Tsunami ...

A new “baby” island has been spotted in the middle of the ocean hours after an underwater volcano erupted not far from Australia. Earlier this month, the underwater Home Reef volcano – found in the ...

The seafaring empire of Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean once spanned more than a thousand miles, serving as the hub through which distant settlements exchanged artifacts and ideas, researchers say.

A new “baby” island has been spotted in the middle of the ocean hours after an underwater volcano erupted. The Home Reef volcano – found in the Central Tonga Islands – erupted this month and within ...

Welcome to the Pacific, new island! What should we name you? Satellite images show volcanic activity in the ocean raised a new plot of land above the ocean’s surface. And it isn’t the first time the ...

The incredible story of a retired carpenter who survived overnight in the ocean after the Tonga tsunami swept him out to sea appeared to fit with events at the time, a New Zealand diplomat said Friday ...