The Tonga volcano that caused the tsunami disappeared after the violent eruption | PHOTOS

Satellite images show that the volcano of Tonga whose violent eruption caused a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean has practically disappeared after the explosion recorded on Saturday, one of the most powerful in three decades.

Recent photographs from the United Nations Satellite Center (UNOSAT) reveal that following the eruption of the volcano South Island People Ha’apa only two small portions of land remain above sea level.

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Before the powerful explosion, these two surviving portions – part of the underwater volcano’s cone – were much larger and linked by a tongue of land up to 1.2 kilometers wide.

This combination of satellite images released by Maxar Technologies shows a closer view of the western part of the Hunga-Tonga – Hunga-Haa’pai volcano before and after its eruption. (AFP).

Communications with Tonga continue to be scarce three days after the eruption of the volcano, about 65 kilometers north of the island of Tongatapu -the most habitable in the archipelago- and the subsequent tsunami, while at least one death has already been confirmed, although the authorities believe that the number of victims will be higher.

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Australian and New Zealand planes have flown over part of Tonga, made up of 169 islands and with 105,000 inhabitants, in reconnaissance tasks to assess the damage caused by the eruption and tsunami, which affected the coasts of the United States, Peru, Japan and Australia, among other countries.

This combination of satellite images released by Maxar Technologies on January 18, 2022 shows the Hunga-Tonga – Hunga-Haa’pai volcano on January 6, 2022 as it releases ash and smoke; and the same location on January 18, 2022, three days after the eruption. (AFP).

For its part, the American company Planet, which has a network of 150 satellites, shows this Tuesday aerial images of the devastation caused by the tsunami in Tonga thanks to the fact that the “clouds caused by the volcano are clearing,” they point out on Twitter .

In a photograph it can be seen that a coastal settlement with around a hundred buildings and the nearby forests have practically disappeared completely and is now covered by a dense blanket of ash.

The violent eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai, which released steam and ash some 20 kilometers high and created a tsunami that impacted several nations washed by the Pacific Ocean, was heard hundreds of kilometers away and could be seen clearly from satellites in Earth orbit.

This photo taken on January 17, 2022 by the New Zealand Defense Force shows a view from a P-3K2 Orion aircraft of an area covered in volcanic ash in Tonga, after the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga – Hunga -Haa’ volcano. dad on january 15. (AFP).

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