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A cleanup operation has in Tonga after the island nation was by a tsunami and in volcanic ash at the weekend. The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai undersea volcano on Saturday. Experts believe it was the world's biggest volcanic eruption in over 30 years. It tsunami waves across the Pacific to Japan and the U.S. coast. It also large parts of Tonga. Islanders are now trying to restore services and normal life to the country. However, the ash is this difficult. A lot of the rescue and recovery work cannot ahead until the ash has been cleared. It has many buildings. It is also many of the country's roads.

Tonga's government the eruption from the volcano and the tsunami "unprecedented". It said the twin disasters have severely life on the island. There is no Internet because the only underwater cable connecting Tonga to the World Wide Web was by the eruption. Engineers are to restore full communications. It is also difficult to aid into the country because the airport damaged. Tonga's government is worried that rescue efforts may COVID-19 into the country. Tonga its borders to international arrivals in 2020. It said it was "covid-free" before the tsunami. It now international aid workers could a "tsunami of COVID-19" into the country.