Shane Cronin: Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano

From Summer Weekends, 8:26 am on 16 January 2022

Scientists are predicting that Tonga's main island, Tongatapu, could be blanketed in ash this morning. Auckland University volcanologist Professor Shane Cronin says the magma type erupted is what's called an intermediate composition - similar to what comes from the Ruapehu volcano. 

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