Satellite images have revealed the devastation caused by a ‘once-in-a-millennia’ underwater volcanic eruption which rocked Tonga at the weekend and sparked a huge tsunami.
The peak of Hunga-Tonga, which has been visible above the ocean since eruptions in 2014/15 formed a new island, has been almost entirely destroyed with just a few scraps of land visible through clouds in images taken Sunday.
Tongatapu, the main island of Tonga, has also been badly damaged with water inundating the northern shoreline –