After a powerful undersea volcanic eruption near the island nation of Tonga on Jan. 15, early reports gave an indication of the expanse of its destruction. Tonga, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, ...

SAN MATEO (CBS SF/AP) -- Concerns heightened Wednesday within the San Francisco Bay Area Tongan community as reports slowly emerged from the isolated Pacific island nation of damage in the wake of a ...

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) -All the homes on one of Tonga's small outer islands have been destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, with three people so far confirmed dead, the government ...

A major, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake prompted a brief “Tsunami Threat” for Tonga. Preliminary ...

Communications have been down throughout Tonga since the eruption on Saturday, but a ship made it to the outlying islands of Nomuka, Mango and Fonoifua on Wednesday, and reported back that few homes ...

The island was destroyed by the same volcano that formed it seven years before. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An island near ...