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Tsunami waves crash ashore in Tonga after volcanic eruption

Tsunami waves crash ashore in Tonga after volcanic eruption A tsunami has hit the Pacific nation of Tonga after an undersea volcano erupted. The extent of the damage is still unclear as many phone lines are down. Warnings remain in place for Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu and parts of Australia. Al Jazeera’s @Andrew Chappelle has more.…

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Tsunami alert issued as powerful earthquake strikes western Haiti

Tsunami alert issued as powerful earthquake strikes western Haiti A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck western Haiti, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami alert and damaging buildings in the disaster-plagued Caribbean nation. The epicentre of the quake on Saturday was about 160km (100 miles) by road from central Port-au-Prince, the densely populated…