China News Service, January 20th. After the volcanic eruption triggered a large-scale tsunami, aid materials from the international community have been delivered to the Tongan government one after another!
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Source: Chinese Embassy in Tonga
The Chinese government rushed to rescue and took the lead in providing the first batch of material assistance
On the 19th local time, the Chinese government urgently raised a batch of emergency supplies such as drinking water and food worth 280,000 yuan through the embassy in Tonga and donated it to the Tongan government.
Tai Yi, Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga and Chairman of the National Emergency Response Committee, expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Chinese government for donating the above-mentioned materials. This is the first batch of emergency relief materials received by the Tongan government after the disaster, which bears the special friendship between Tonga and China.
At the same time, the Red Cross Society of China has provided emergency humanitarian cash assistance of US$100,000 to Tonga.
The Chinese government will assist the Tongan side with a batch of emergency supplies such as drinking water, food, personal protective equipment, and disaster relief equipment, which will arrive as soon as the airport resumes operation and flight conditions permit.
From January 14 to January 15, 2022, the submarine volcano of Hongaha Apayi Island in Tonga, a South Pacific island country, erupted violently for two consecutive days and caused a tsunami.
The picture shows a picture taken by a satellite on January 7, 2022, with a plume of smoke rising from the water.
Previously, the Chinese side has stated many times that the Chinese government is continuing to track the disaster situation in Tonga, and will do everything possible to deliver follow-up aid materials as soon as possible, so as to help the Tongan government and people overcome the disaster and rebuild their beautiful homeland as soon as possible.
Relief supplies from New Zealand, Australia arrive in Tonga
On the 20th, two humanitarian flights carrying relief supplies from New Zealand and Australia also arrived in the Pacific island nation.
The two large military transport aircraft landed at Tonga's Fua Motu International Airport.
For the past two days, Tongans have been busy clearing the thick volcanic ash from the airport runway.
On January 19, 2022, local time, a photo of Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa was released in ruins.
Image source: Surging Image
This is Australia's first aid to Tonga, and a second aid transport plane is on its way.
New Zealand's C-130 Hercules also landed at Tonga Airport today.
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaya Mahuta said the plane was carrying humanitarian aid and disaster relief supplies, including water containers, temporary shelter supplies, generators, hygiene products, household items and communications equipment.
As Tonga enforces strict regulations to prevent the new crown epidemic, the plane will not stay for too long.
近日，从海上拍摄到的汤加火山爆发的更多震撼画面公布。这组由拉丁美洲通讯社（Latin America News Agency）公布的照片中显示，火山喷出大量烟雾和火山灰不断向海岛上方和外侧蔓延。
根据联合国预计，汤加80%以上的人口受到火山爆发的影响。目前当地最急迫的需求是获得安全饮用水，并及时向民众发放粮食等其他救济物品。
汤加首相府19日正式对外宣布，由于洪阿哈阿帕伊岛火山爆发并引发大规模海啸，汤加遭受了重大人员和财产损失，环境也受到重大破坏，全国自当地时间1月16日至2月13日进入紧急状态。