SYDNEY/WELLINGTON—All the homes on one of Tonga’s small outer islands were destroyed in the massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, with three people so far confirmed dead, the government said on Tuesday in its first update since the disaster hit.
With communications severely hampered by an undersea cable being severed, information on the scale of the devastation after Saturday’s eruption, causing waves up to 15 metres high, has so far mostly come from reconnaissance aircraft.
