A video shows a. People have been forced to flee their homes and streets and buildings have flooded as tsunami waves crashed into Tongas main island of Tongatapu following a huge underwater volcano explosion.
Social media footage showed water washing through a church and several homes and witnesses said.

. A tsunami warning was issued for Tonga after the eruption on Jan. Some areas seem to have been hit harder than others. Tsunami Warning Ordered for Tonga Following Undersea Volcano Eruption No immediate reports of injuries.
The site said satellite. Earlier the Matangi Tonga news site reported that scientists observed massive explosions thunder and lightning near the volcano after it started erupting early on Friday. Ash was falling from the sky in Nukualofa on Saturday evening and phone.
EPA The Tonga Meteorological Services issued a tsunami warning for the entire nation in response to two explosions in two. Before communication with Tonga. An underwater volcano in the South Pacific erupted violently on Saturday causing tsunamis to hit Hawaii Japan and Tongas largest island Tongatapu --.
The Tsunami A tsunami warning was declared for all of Tonga after the eruption on Saturday evening. A tsunami warning is in effect for the island of Tonga after a volcanic eruption. Earlier the Matangi Tonga news site reported that scientists had observed massive explosions thunder and lightning near the volcano after it.
A tsunami has hit Tongas largest island Tongatapu and reportedly sent waves flooding into the capital of Nukualofa. Tsunami waves caused by a giant underwater volcanic eruption have hit the Pacific country of Tonga.