{"id":475641,"date":"2022-01-19T10:15:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T10:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=68994"},"modified":"2022-01-19T10:15:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T10:15:46","slug":"tonga-eruption-images-appear-to-show-most-of-atata-island-wiped-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/01\/19\/tonga-eruption-images-appear-to-show-most-of-atata-island-wiped-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonga eruption: Images appear to show most of Atat\u0101 island wiped out"},"content":{"rendered":"
RNZ News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n New images appear to show the majority of structures on the Tongan island of Atat\u0101 have been wiped out after a volcanic eruption and tsunami last weekend.<\/p>\n The Tongan government has so far confirmed three deaths<\/a> from Saturday’s eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, and all houses on the island of Mango were also wiped out<\/a>.<\/p>\n The New Zealand Defence Force has described the damage to the island of Atat\u0101 as “catastrophic” in its surveillance photo, which was posted online by a resort based there.<\/p>\n The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) also released an image of Atat\u0101 island on January 18, with an assessment that 72 structures had been damaged and the entire island covered in ash.<\/p>\n\n