United Nations Secretary General António Guterres on Tuesday issued a "global SOS" on climate change, as he visited Tonga for a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum. Guterres' trip coincided with the ...

NEIAFU, Tonga -- A strong preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, prompting coastal evacuations but no wider tsunami warnings. The United States ...

The country's meteorological service issued a Tsunami Warning across the whole island chain and urged people to evacuate to higher ground. The warning was lifted about 2 hours after the quake and ...

A new “baby” island has been spotted in the middle of the ocean hours after an underwater volcano erupted not far from Australia. Earlier this month, the underwater Home Reef volcano – found in the ...

When COVID-19 struck, cruise ship traffic dropped to zero, depriving Tongan mabé pearl farmers of their primary market. Sales dropped nearly to zero. The Ministry of Fisheries, with support from the ...

A strong preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, prompting coastal evacuations but no wider tsunami warnings. The United States Geological Survey ...