Medicine & TechnologyThe 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption caused a widescale impact not just to the island, but also to many parts of the planet. Read why the volcano reached an explosion comparable to Mount Pinatubo.
The Tonga eruption happens regularly for the last few decades and during these occurrences in 2009, 2014, and 2015, hot jets of steam and magma exploded through the waves.