Published 2 years ago

Tonga reconnects to world as submarine cable restored after tsunami

Summary by Ground News

A volcanic eruption and tsunami cut communications to the Pacific island nation. A repair ship handed over the restored cable on Tuesday afternoon. School chaplain Penisimani Akauola Tonga was among those getting back online for the first time since the disaster struck the tiny island nation in mid January.

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Reuters

Tonga reconnects to world as submarine cable restored after tsunami

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY - Tonga was reconnected to the world on Tuesday following repairs to a submarine cable, officials said, a month after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut communications to the remote Pacific island nation. "People on the main island will have access almost immediately," Tonga Cable chief executive James Panuve told Reuters by telephone, after a repair ship

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

"First Post On Facebook Since...": Tonga Reconnects To World After Tsunami

Tonga was reconnected to the world on Tuesday following repairs to a submarine cable, officials said, a month after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut communications to the remote Pacific island nation.

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Tonga reconnects to world as submarine cable restored after tsunami

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tonga was reconnected to the world on Tuesday following repairs to a submarine cable, officials said, a month after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut communications to the remote Pacific island nation. Read full story

2 years ago·Malaysia

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Channel News Asia

Tonga reconnects to world as submarine cable restored after tsunami

SYDNEY: Tonga was reconnected to the world on Tuesday (Feb 22) following repairs to a submarine cable, officials said, a month after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut communications to the remote Pacific isl

2 years ago·Singapore

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ABC Australia

Tonga reconnects with outside world after cable cut off by volcanic eruption, tsunami repaired

Tonga has been reconnected with the outside world, more than a month after the nation's international internet and phone cable was destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

2 years ago·Australia

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RTÉ

Tonga back online as undersea cable repaired

Internet connection has been restored in Tonga today, five weeks after a massive volcanic eruption shredded the undersea cable that connects the Pacific nation with the rest of the world.

2 years ago·Ireland

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