The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the Earth's rotation - shortening days by a fraction of a second - and caused the planet to wobble on its axis, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.
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Wednesday 5 January 2005
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Tuesday 13 January 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Cyclone Heta has left the isolated island of Niuatoputapu with a limited supply of food crops and a lot of damage to infrastructure, after passing within 45 km of the island in the early hours of January 6.
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Wednesday 7 January 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first Cyclone to threaten Tonga in 2004 moved away from the southern islands of Tongatapu yesterday to the south east after passing on a track that took it south from Tuvalu passing between Samoa and Tonga, but close to the northern island of Niuatoputapu.
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Saturday 30 August 2003
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
A new US$1.2 million Autonomous Meteorological Centre should be in operation at the Fua‘amotu International Airport by December. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 18, no. 2, August 2003.
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Tonga weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK. See also Fua'amotu Weather Forecasting Center, Tonga, for latest local weather bulletin.