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Significant damage was reported along the western coast of Tonga’s main island on Tuesday following the weekend’s massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, but a closed airport and downed communications are hampering international relief efforts.

A thick layer of ash blanketed the entire island, the High Commission said, adding it was working to establish communications with smaller islands"as a matter of priority."

A thick layer of ash blanketed the entire island, the High Commission said, adding it was working to establish communications with smaller islands “as a matter of priority.” “We don’t have any further information that would suggest… significant casualties, although, as you would appreciate, information is still relatively patchy,” Australia’s Minister for the Pacific Zed Seselja told Nine’s Today show on Tuesday.

 

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