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Jan 16,, 8 tweets, 5 min read
Tonga Navy appears to have just reached the island of #Nomuka
This ship (the only one transmitting satellite AIS data) came from Nuku'afola this morning, when officials said they would be sending the Tonga Navy to the outer islands.
Found this video I had missed earlier from this location (FB Live... shot just as the seas were retreating. Hope this person made it up a hill, what was coming as likely worse)
This frame shows the ocean retreating (which = RUN! Uphill! Fast!). The island seen to the left is the barrier island to the south of Nomuka, between Nomuka and the volcano. It appears the tsunami is rounding around that barrier island. #Tonga #volcano
#geolocated this video at this spot on Nomuka. Terrain here is extremely flat... this man and his son really needed to start running up to the high spot in town (where all the radar reflections are = 100% where the survivors are gathered.) I believe the town inundated.
Tonga Navy has just set anchor in Nomuka. Undoubtedly taking in a dingy now to try to help and assess things. #Tonga #Nomuka #volcano #tsunami #disaster
From famous Tongan athlete Pita Taufatofua
Latest official statement, sounds like government officials finally getting online

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Jan 17,
Mango Island #Tonga via Airbus SPOT imagery 1/16/22. Unfortunately the inhabited part of the island obscured by clouds. It appears either survivors or debris in a spot not normally occupied by people on lower right. Image
Reference image from 1/14/22 of Mango Island, you'll notice the bright spot visible in the other imaging not present. I suspect survivors of the tsunami put up some kind of shelter up at the high point of the island. Tent, leanto or stretcher. Looks like at least 5-6 people too ImageImageImage
Tough to tell 100% but I would put money on these being people around a tent or some kind of temporary structure. #MangoIsland #Tonga #tsunami Image
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Jan 17,
Kanokupolu #Tonga taken yesterday, 1/16/22 via Airbus SPOT #satellite. Post volcano/tsunami. High resolution image, this looks to me to be ashfall. ImageImage
#Tonga taken by Airbus SPOT on 1/16/22. This is (was?) Ha'atafu Beach and Haatafu Beach Resort, but it seems to me that there are structures missing on this side (the resort appears to me to be missing, or extremely covered with ash). Possible tsunami scouring on the beach. Image
Reference image in Google vs. this acquisition -- you can see the big building on the top right in both images, but none of the structures you'd expect at Ha'atafu Beach, Nuku'alofa itself. #tonga #tsunami #volcano ImageImage
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Jan 16,
#Nomuka #Tonga via Sentinel-1 #satellite, before and after the #HungaTongaHungaHaapai volcano eruption.
This island south of Nomuka looks to have been inundated, based on Sentinel-1 radar image (darker areas = water).
Using a new feature of @sentinel_hub here's a sequence of SAR radar before/Sentinel-2 true color before/and then SAR radar after where you can see where the reflectivity of the land has changed to water.
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Jan 16,
Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai #volcano before/after the eruption. Sentinel-1 satellite (-20.48838, -175.28037)
Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai #volcano on the left, you can see the interference patterns on the waves from the tsunami impacts (another volcano on the right). The gob of stuff in the middle was not there before, maybe floating tephra or something else radar reflective.
No tracking details on these ships (premium satellite data) but there are a few fishing boats that got one heck of a wakeup call earlier. There's a few that were VERY close to the volcano. (60 miles away on open ocean).
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Jan 15,
#Passaic #Chemical #Fire
Looks like the wind is blowing south/southeast, towards Jersey City. #Passaic #Fire Image
Statement from Jersey City on the smell.
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Dec 30, 2021
#MarshallFire #Superior #Colorado Structure fire reported at 1119 W Enclave Cir. Quite a few other structures fires I have not posted, too many to track.
#MarshallFire #Superior #Colorado Hospital sounds like it may be evacuated, not sure which one.
#MarshallFire #Superior #Colorado Trying to stop the garbage truck from trying to still collect trash.
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