An underwater volcano off Tonga erupted on Saturday, triggering tsunami warnings and evacuation orders in Japan and causing large waves in several South Pacific islands, where footage on social ...

Earlier, in Tonga, massive underwater volcanic eruption flooded Pacific coastlines from Japan to the United States. The US National Tsunami Warning Center already issued warnings for countries such as ...

The Tonga Meteorological Services said a tsunami warning was declared for all of the archipelago, and data from the Pacific tsunami center said waves of 80 centimeters (2.7 feet) were detected.

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning ... Locator map showing Tonga islands on globe ...