Tonga Left Largely Cut Off After Volcanic Eruption, Tsunami

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—When an underwater volcanic eruption off Tonga triggered tsunami waves at the very least a meter high on Saturday, the managers of the Ha’atafu Beach Resort and their youngsters sprinted via bushes in a desperate scramble to protection.

They have because returned to a modified landscape. The tropical coastline common with surfers and snorkelers, was ravaged by the tsunami, which brought on ocean swells as far away as the U.S. West Coastline and Japan. The nearby Kanokupolu village was seriously broken.