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Displaying 4 of about 4 resultsNew research reveals more about the magnitude of January eruption, as researchers call for better preparedness
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January created an initial wave 90 metres high – almost the height of the Statue of Liberty (93m)
University of Bath tsunami expert calls for better warning systems to detect volcanic…
Responding to the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption in Tonga and following a request from the Government of Tonga, the World Bank undertook a rapid post-disaster damage assessment deploying the GRADE methodology.1 The objective was to estimate the potential direct damage2 caused by the tephra fall (henceforth referred to as ashfall) and tsunam…
On January 14, 2022, the South Pacific experienced the incredible force of the submarine volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai. The plume reached 30 kilometers into the stratosphere, and the eruption was heard across the South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand as well as in parts of the United States of America. The volcano ranks among the world’s biggest und…
In 1883, there was a volcanic eruption so large, it killed tens of thousands of people. It expelled so much ash into the sky that, for a period of time, it changed the colors of the sunsets the world would see and the palette with which Impressionist painters would paint. In history, few volcanic eruptions had been so documented, until a recent un…