{"id":33566,"date":"2022-01-15T19:22:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T13:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.news19.lk\/?p=33566"},"modified":"2022-01-15T19:22:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T13:52:49","slug":"tsunami-waves-hit-south-pacific-island-of-tonga-following-underwater-volcanic-eruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/2022\/01\/15\/tsunami-waves-hit-south-pacific-island-of-tonga-following-underwater-volcanic-eruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunami waves hit South Pacific island of Tonga following underwater volcanic eruption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Pacific nation of Tonga issued a tsunami warning after an undersea volcano erupted on Saturday, sending large waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground, Al Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were no immediate reports of injuries or the extent of the damage as communications in the island nation \u2013 home to about 100,000 people \u2013 remained down. Video posted to social media showed large waves washing ashore in coastal areas, swirling around homes and buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonga Meteorological Services said the tsunami warning was in effect for all of Tonga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s military said it was monitoring the situation and remained on standby, ready to assist if asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/01\/15\/07\/52955727-10405333-image-a-34_1642232031939.jpg\" alt=\"Tongans flee for their lives as tsunami smashes island nation after  underwater volcano erupts - PakkiKhabar\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im.indiatimes.in\/content\/2022\/Jan\/Tonga-Tsunami_61e2a7a4df38e.JPG\" alt=\"Tonga&#39;s Giant Volcanic Eruption Caught On Satellite, Country Hit By Tsunami\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbcnews.com.fj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tsunami-tonga-1280x720-1.jpg\" alt=\"Waves hitting Tonga as tsunami warning issued \u2013 FBC News\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pacific nation of Tonga issued a tsunami warning after an undersea volcano erupted on Saturday, sending large waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground, Al Jazeera reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries or the extent of the damage as communications in the island nation \u2013 home to about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,2],"tags":[5,6,616,617],"class_list":{"0":"post-33566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-international","8":"category-news","9":"tag-news19","10":"tag-news19-lk","11":"tag-tonga","12":"tag-tsunami"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.news19.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}