Cyclone Lin brought storm force winds to most of Tonga over the weekend gusting up to 60 knots (110 kph) on Tongatapu and damaging trees, gardens and power lines, before moving away to the south east.
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Monday 6 April 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Sunday 5 April 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Strong, gusty winds and rain are lashing the capital Nuku‘alofa as the centre of Tropical Cyclone Lin moves towards southern Tonga in the early hours of Sunday morning. A storm warning remains in force for Ha‘apai, Tongatapu and ‘Eua Island groups. On its current track, the cyclone centre is expected to lie about 90km southwest of Ha'apai or about 95km north of Nuku'alofa at 7:00am this morning and about 55km northeast of Tongatapu at 10:00am this morning.

Saturday 4 April 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tropical cyclone warning is now in force for the Niuas, and the rest of Tonga remains on cyclone alert as a tropical depression located west of Niuafo'ou may develop into a tropical cyclone in the north of Tonga over the weekend.

Friday 3 April 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tropical depression located to the north of Tonga is likely to develop into a tropical cyclone in the next 24 to 36 hours, lying to the west of Niuafo'ou bringing damaging gale force winds, the Tonga Meteorological Office forecasted at 6:00 pm today, Friday April 3.

Friday 3 April 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A tropical cyclone alert is now in force for Tonga. Special Weather Bulletin Number One for Tonga was issued from the Tonga Meteorological Centre today, Friday April 3, at 12:21pm.

Wednesday 1 April 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Only a week after the massive eruption on Hunga Ha'apai on March 17-21, 2009, a group of four adventurers including a cameraman and an Italian golfer landed on the newly formed peninsula on the island and climbed up to the fragile rim of its volcanic crater, where there is a steaming sulphuric orange lake. But a volcanologist is now warning that the volcano remains extremely dangerous. Photos by GP Orbassano.

Friday 20 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Tongan capital at 7:17 am today was followed by a smaller 5.2 magnitude quake at 9:33 am.

Thursday 19 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A bird sanctuary was destroyed in the eruption of Hunga Ha'apai.

Wednesday 18 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Residents of Nuku'alofa woke up to the spectacular sight of a sprouting white cloud of volcanic smoke or steam, which could be seen clearly on the northern horizon from the Nuku'alofa waterfront this morning. Geologists who estimate the underwater eruption is 34 nautical miles away from the capital will try to get closer to the event tomorrow.

Wednesday 28 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
After thunderstorms and heavy rains eased this afternoon, a Tropical Cyclone Warning previously in force for Ha'apai, Tongatapu and 'Eua was cancelled and replaced by a strong wind warning.

Tuesday 27 January 2009
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tropical Cyclone Alert is now in force for Vava'u, Ha'apai, Tongatapu and 'Eua, the Tonga National Weather Forecasting Centre, Fua'amotu advised at 4:00pm today, Tuesday 27 January 2009.
Thursday 15 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Gale warning remains in force for most of Tonga this morning, Thursday 15 January 2009, with gusts of up to 50 knots forecast as an active trough of low pressure lies slow moving across Tonga.

Monday 12 January 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
January this year has delivered some hot days for Tonga getting close to record temperatures, with more hot days forecast.

Sunday 19 October 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A strong undersea earthquake was felt in Tonga, this evening at 6:10pm local time, with a tremor shaking houses in the capital for nearly two minutes.

Wednesday 26 March 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nuku‘alofa experienced dark overcast skies this morning as thunderstorms dumped above average rainfall, flooding roads and homes in low-lying areas in just 24 hours.

Saturday 9 February 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Defence Force's quick reaction team responded last night to several calls for help as low-lying areas around Nuku'alofa were submerged during the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the kingdom.

Friday 8 February 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nuku‘alofa is experiencing flash flooding of low-lying areas, with water coming inside some homes, after thunderstorms this afternoon dumped almost a month's rainfall over Tongatapu in only seven hours.

Monday 28 January 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A strong Wind Warning remains in force for Niuafo...ou and Niuatoputapu as a trough of low pressure associated with a tropical depression over Fiji remains slow moving over Tonga.

Thursday 10 January 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A fishing boat was washed on a reef to the east of the Masefield Naval Base, in Nuku'alofa late this afternoon, the victim of a tropical depression that has lashed Tongatapu with strong winds and heavy rain during the past 48 hours.

Sunday 9 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A magnitude 7.6 to 7.9 earthquake deep in the seabed north of the Kermadec Islands was felt in Nuku'alofa at around 8:30 pm Tonga time.
