The isolation of island states paradoxically makes them at once vulnerable but also resilient. With smaller populations and dependence on access through shipping or air routes, island states, ...

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The Pacific nation of Tonga is made up of 170 islands, but it just welcomed its newest addition – thanks to an underwater volcano. Near the center of the nation's island formation lies the Home Reef ...

It's been nearly four years since a massive volcanic explosion rocked the Pacific nation of Tonga. The eruption created a ...

President Trump's latest travel limits affecting Tonga are expected to reverberate in Utah, which is home to one of the world ...

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — Rescuers are searching for a Englishman and his Australian sailing companion after finding the wreck of their yacht near a Tongan island. Geoff Lunt of New Zealand’s Rescue ...

An undersea volcanic eruption in the Tongan archipelago has sunk one island and created another three times larger, according to a report by geologists released Thursday. NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) — An ...

A distress signal has been detected near an isolated, low-lying group of islands in Tonga in the wake of the massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said Monday. The active distress ...

The quake’s epicenter was recorded at a depth of 90.8 km, located at 16.20°S latitude and 173.63°W longitude, News.Az reports ...

Some little kids grow up dreaming of being pilots. Silva McLeod wasn’t one of them. During her childhood on the Tongan island of Vava’u, she didn’t even know that being a pilot was a possible career.