Tonga volcano: Second underwater eruption detected sparking fresh tsunami fears

Mirror U

• 01:42, 17 Jan 2022
• UPDATED02:12, 17 Jan 2022

Another huge eruption has struck Tonga’s underwater volcano that had already exploded in a blast that was visible from space, say reports.

And fears are growing over a missing British aid worker said to be based in Tonga who was last seen by her husband when a tsunami struck her coastal home.

On Sunday night the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre was reported to have said another ‘large explosion’ had been detected at the Tonga volcano.

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