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Flights sent to assess Tonga damage after volcanic eruption

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

New Zealand and Australia have sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption caused in Tonga. Communications with the Pacific island nation remain limited since

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  1. Herald Bulletin

    New Zealand sends flight to see damage from Pacific volcano (opens Herald Bulletin)

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    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s military on Monday morning was able to send a surveillance flight to Tonga to assess the extent of the damage from a huge

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    Flights sent to assess Tonga damage after volcanic eruption (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    New Zealand and Australia have sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption caused in Tonga. Communications with the Pacific island nation remain limited since

  3. Military.com

    Military Flights Sent to Assess Tonga Damage After Volcanic Eruption (opens Military.com)

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    New Zealand hopes to send essential supplies on a military transport plane Tuesday.

  4. KCEN Waco

    Military flights sent to assess damage in Tonga after Pacific volcano (opens KCEN Waco)

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    A towering ash cloud since Saturday's eruption had prevented earlier flights. New Zealand hopes to send essential supplies, including much-needed drinking water.

  5. Deutsche Welle

    Tonga: First reconnaissance flights surveil aftermath of volcanic eruption | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Communication with the Pacific island is still spotty after a massive volcanic eruption spewed ash into the atmosphere. The eruption triggered a tsunami that flooded coastlines from Japan to the United States.

  6. Portland Press Herald

    As ash cloud lifts, flights sent to assess Tonga damage after volcanic eruption (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Communications with the South Pacific kingdom made up of islands remained extremely limited.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Tonga: First reconnaissance flights survey aftermath of volcanic eruption | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Communication with the Pacific island is still spotty after a massive volcanic eruption spewed ash into the atmosphere and triggered a tsunami that flooded coastlines from Japan to the US.

  8. CBS News

    Surveillance flights finally getting to view damage to Tonga from eruption of huge undersea volcano (opens CBS News)

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    A towering ash cloud since Saturday's eruption had prevented earlier flights. Some Tonga residents described it as looking like a moonscape as they began cleaning up from tsunami waves and ash.

  9. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Tonga hard to reach post-eruption (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand's military on Sunday morning was able to send a surveillance flight to Tonga to assess the extent of the damage from a huge undersea volcanic eruption.

  10. Daily Hampshire Gazette

    NZ sends flight to assess damage from Pacific volcano (opens Daily Hampshire Gazette)

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    WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s military on Monday morning was able to send a surveillance flight to Tonga to assess the extent of the damage from a huge undersea volcanic eruption.A towering ash cloud had prevented the military from launching...

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