Tonga

Researchers estimate the eruption raised the amount of water in the stratosphere — the second layer of the atmosphere, above the range where humans live and breathe — by around 5%.

Nathan Ikon Crumpton is a two-sport Olympian representing American Samoa in both the Tokyo Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Games.

Princeton graduate Nathan Crumpton went shirtless into the Parade of Nations Friday morning.

Pita Taufatofua, the shirtless Tongan flag bearer who won the hearts of viewers around the world during the past three Olympics, has announced that he won’t be participating in the 2022 Beijing Games, which begin this week.

Tonga will enter a lockdown Wednesday evening after finding coronavirus infections in two port workers helping distribute aid arriving in the Pacific nation after a volcanic eruption and tsunami

The crushing effect of a tsunami after a volcanic eruption on Tonga’s land and infrastructure can be seen from outer space. See before and after satellite images.

Many of the small island states nestled in the Pacific Ocean have had no new cases of the virus for months.

Pita Taufatofua, known as the “Shirtless Tongan” carrying Tonga’s flag at the Olympics, has established a GoFundMe page to help rebuild areas devastated by a tsunami following a volcanic eruption.

Despite sitting almost on top of the volcano that erupted so violently, the Pacific nation of Tonga appears to have avoided the widespread devastation that many initially feared

Tongan community members in the Bay Area are worried for loved ones following a volcanic eruption in Tonga.

An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground. A tsunami advisory was in effect for Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific coast.

An undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean has triggered tsunami warnings on the West Coast and in Alaska. Here’s what to watch for and how to stay safe.

An undersea volcano has erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending large tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground.