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GLOBALink | New Zealand Air Force Orion aircraft departing for tsunami-hit Tonga

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2022-01-18 15:16:16

 

WELLINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) --A Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion aircraft left Base Auckland on Monday morning for tsunami-hit Tonga to assist in an initial impact assessment of the area and low-lying islands.

"We are working hard to see how we can assist our Pacific neighbors after the volcanic eruption near Tonga," said a statement of the New Zealand Defense Force.

Tsunami waves hit Tonga on Saturday. The tsunami followed a series of violent eruptions from underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai, 65 km north of the country's main island Tongatapu.

(Courtesy: New Zealand Defence Force)

 

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