The government of Tonga has confirmed three people have died so far following the volcanic eruption that is being described as an “unprecedented disaster.”
A “number of injuries” have been reported, according the government’s first statement since the eruption, while water supplies have been “seriously affected” by volcanic ash.
Among the dead is a British national Angela Glover, 50, a 65-year-old woman from Mango island and a 49-year-old man from Nomuka Island.
“Communications both international and domestic were severed due to damage sustained by the submarine cable from the eruptions and there was no further communication with the outer islands until the morning of Monday, 17 January,” the government statement adds.
Those that have managed to get messages out described their country as looking like a moonscape as they began cleaning up from the tsunami waves and volcanic ash fall.
The few bits of information that have been able to reach the wider world tell of the capital, Nuku’alofa, covered in a thick film of volcanic dust, contaminating water supplies and making fresh water a vital need.
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