The photos also show areas flooded from giant waves.
New aerial photos show a blanket of dust and ash covering the Pacific nation of Tonga following a massive underwater volcanic eruption.
On Saturday , the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano, about 20 miles southeast of Tonga's Fonuafo'ou island, erupted in what may have been the largest eruption on the planet in three decades, according to CNN . The massive eruption triggered a tsunami, which hit Tonga's Tongatapu island and formed a giant ash cloud that turned the sky…
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