MALO: Tongan American Coalition Drafts Letter to President Biden Requesting Aid for the Kingdom of Tonga After natural Disaster – Sign on Today
that activated waves up to fifteen meters high, causing an unprecedented disaster to the island groups of Tongatapu, Ha’apai, Eua, and surrounding islands of the archipelago. To date, three people have died and villages, schools, churches, businesses, and all agriculture were destroyed. Families who lived along the coastlines were forced to flee inland for safety and have no home to return to. For many, they have lost their only source of income as all crops and fisheries have been ruined.