{"id":1220832,"date":"2022-01-17T19:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T00:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1220832"},"modified":"2022-01-17T19:38:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T00:38:16","slug":"2-drown-in-peru-after-tonga-tsunami-reaches-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-drown-in-peru-after-tonga-tsunami-reaches-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Drown in Peru After Tonga Tsunami Reaches Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2-drown-in-peru-after-tonga-tsunami-reaches-latin-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1220832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A volcanic eruption and tsunami in the South Pacific island kingdom of Tonga on Saturday caused massive waves which radiated throughout the greater Pacific Ocean in subsequent hours, reaching the coasts of Peru \u2014 where two people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/impact-assessment-aid-efforts-underway-world-responds-tonga-tsunami-2022-01-16\/\">died<\/a> after a tsunami engulfed a beach in the country\u2019s north \u2014 and Chile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo people drowned off a beach in northern Peru due to high waves caused by the tsunami,\u201d Reuters reported on January 17.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The impact of Tonga\u2019s tsunami on January 15 \u2014 caused by a volcanic eruption that decimated the uninhabited Tongan island of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga Ha\u2019apai \u2014 reached Latin America\u2019s Pacific Ocean coast roughly 6,600 miles away within hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chilean coasts were hit this Saturday afternoon [January 15] by a tsunami with waves of almost two meters [about six feet] in the north, after the eruption of an underwater volcano near the island of Tonga in the Pacific,\u201d the Latin American news site Infobae <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/america\/america-latina\/2022\/01\/16\/tsunami-en-chile-tras-la-erupcion-del-volcan-en-tonga-se-registraron-olas-de-casi-dos-metros-de-altura\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19501690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/map-locating-hunga-tonga-hunga-ha-apai-volcano-erupted-january-14-sending-waves-crashing-ashore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19501690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/map-locating-hunga-tonga-hunga-ha-apai-volcano-erupted-january-14-sending-waves-crashing-ashore.jpg\" alt=\"AFP\" width=\"1020\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Map locating the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha\u2019apai volcano. (AFP)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe largest waves were felt in some cities in the north of the country such as Iquique and Atacama, where there were slight floods, as confirmed by the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy (SHOA),\u201d according to Infobae.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19508906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tonga-volcano-eruption-satellite-image-by-himawari-japanese-weather-satellite-operated-by-japan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19508906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tonga-volcano-eruption-satellite-image-by-himawari-japanese-weather-satellite-operated-by-japan.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite operated by Japan Meteorological Agency and released by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (NICT via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other nations including Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Japan, and the U.S. reported aftereffects associated with the&nbsp;impact of the Tongan eruption over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations (U.N.) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (O.C.H.A.) <a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/tonga\/tonga-volcanic-eruption-flash-update-17-january-2022\">issued<\/a> an update on the Tongan natural disaster on January 17 revealing \u201c[a]n active distress beacon had been detected from Mango.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mango is one of two small, low-lying Tongan islands which the U.N. said it was particularly concerned about on Monday. Tonga\u2019s government estimates that 36 people live on Mango island and 69 reside on the island of Fonoi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The U.N. said there has been \u201cno contact from the Ha\u2019apai Group of islands,\u201d which is where Saturday\u2019s volcanic eruption occurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Zealand and Australia carried out surveillance flight today and the latter reported substantial property damage at the western beaches region,\u201d the U.N. stated on January 17. \u201cIn addition, the Tongan Maritime Force, the country\u2019s navy, deployed to the Ha\u2019apai Group of islands yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tongan volcanic eruption and tsunami caused significant damage to a nearby undersea cable which the region relies on for international communication. The cable could take as long as one week to restore, Tonga\u2019s deputy head of mission in Australia, Curtis Tu\u2019ihalangingie, told Reuters on January 17.<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. said no deaths related to the disaster had been confirmed in Tonga as of Monday, though it added that at least two people were considered missing. Reuters reported at least one death due to the tsunami on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritish woman Angela Glover, who ran a dog charity in Tonga, was killed, her brother told British media,\u201d according to the news agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A volcanic eruption and tsunami in the South Pacific island kingdom of Tonga on Saturday caused massive waves which radiated throughout the greater Pacific Ocean in subsequent hours, reaching the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1220832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1220832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1220832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}