A QLD man was video-calling his four-year-old son yesterday when the tsunami smashed through their home in Tonga. He tried to warn his family to get to higher ground but it was too late. 9News
Queensland man Mosese Sitapa was video calling his four-year-old son, Elone, yesterday when the tsunami smashed through their home in Tonga.
An underwater volcano erupted 65km north of the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa at 4.10pm yesterday afternoon ADST, spurting ash 20km high.The eruption sparked tsunami warnings around the Pacific, with images from Tonga showing a surge of waves. Isabella Fenech, 18, from Newcastle, NSW, was on the phone to her sister at the time, and said she felt "helpless"."It sounded like hail but it was all ash fall and rock and you could hear massive explosions they sounded like fireworks."In Sydney there has been no word from Reverend Matahavea Hiliau's sister since yesterday.A volcano eruption has sparked tsunami warnings and evacuations around the Pacific.
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