--- title: "Tonga tsunami: Communications 'May be down for two weeks'" description: "the news is telling about the curb in the internet communication in all over the world and the reason behind this is the tsunami." author: "Sanjay Goenka" published: 2022-01-19 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1259/tonga-tsunami-communications-may-be-down-for-two-weeks category: "communication technology" tags: ["technology", "network", "technology news", "internet technology", "communication designing courses"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Tonga tsunami: Communications 'May be down for two weeks' > **Recently, the [internet connection](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/299301/how-to-test-your-internet-connection-s-quality-over-time) has been disrupted by the tsunami of Tonga and the [communication](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126321/5-fails-and-fixes-of-the-office-communication) was blocked and expected to be blocked for 2 weeks.** In some parts, the communication has been again restored and the communication is started to work but, still, the internet connection is not properly working and demand about 2 weeks to restore. ### Highlighted Facts - The eruption of the tsunami listened to many other neighbors as New Zealand which is 2,383 Km away from Tonga. - The tsunami has resulted in the internet connection being cut at Tonga. - The tsunami blanketed Tonga’s Main Island with ash and devastated its western coastline. ![Tonga tsunami: Communications](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/641521/4bbd8c12-e510-423d-888e-58f724775102/images/cadfb554-2a84-4441-a856-6dafc1f9c923.jpeg) **Image Courtesy: BBC** \ #### Read More: [A Robot 'Avatar' attends school for III German boy](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1241/a-robot-avatar-attends-school-for-iii-german-boy) It has been told that now, the connection in some parts of Tonga is restored and started to work of communication but, the internet connection is still not restored and expected to take a few weeks. After the tsunami eruptions, Tonga’s Main Island was blanketed with ash and the Western coastline was also devastated. The tsunami affected nearly 80,000 people in Tonga The director of **Southern Cross Cable [Networks](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156393/what-are-the-different-types-of-networks)** networks director Dean **Vererka** told about the matter as “We’re getting sketchy information, but it looks like the cable has been cut.” ## Also, added “It could take up to two weeks to get it repaired. The nearest cable-lying vessel is in Port Moresby,” he added while he was referring it to Papua New Guinea capital, and the distance is more than 4,000 Km from Tonga. On Sunday, the volcano erupted which sent the plumping ash into the sky and triggered warnings of 1.2m wave reaching Tonga. The wave was so loud that it could also be listened to from New Zealand which is about **2,383** Km from Tonga. Later, on the communication of Tonga was breached and about **105,000 people** of Tonga were unreachable by one another. Phone and internet communication is extremely limited, while the situation in some of the common areas is still unknown. New Zealand and [Australia](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12829/aspects-that-make-australia-post-shipping-extension-a-useful-tool) have sent a [surveillance](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/65143/best-surveillance-app-android-phone-blurspy) t4eam to the spot to che5ck the area of damage. The situation of the place also has been witnessed by the call of [satellite](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/302705/decoding-satellite-communication-how-satellites-connect-the-world) as **Tonga’s Deputy Head of mission** in Australia, **Curtis** told the [publishing](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11827/self-publishing-variety) body Reuters. Here we are enjoying the internet with the help of the wire that has been spread in the sea and ocean as 428 submarine cables, running 1.1 [million Km](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38800/what-is-the-name-of-nasa-s-spacecraft-which-became-the-most-distant-solar-powered-explorer-in-space-at-a-distance-of-793-million-km-from-the-sun) around the globe. #### Read More: [Vanilla Ola S1 Scooter Halts in Production as it Offers Ola S1 Pro Features to Buyers](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1248/vanilla-ola-s1-scooter-halts-in-production-as-it-offers-ola-s1-pro-features-to-buyers) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1259/tonga-tsunami-communications-may-be-down-for-two-weeks Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.