The nation of Tonga is an archipelago of 169 small islands in Polynesia. It’s likely you’ve never heard of it and even more unlikely you were made aware of one the largest volcano eruptions in history. On December 20, 2021, a set of eruptions began and did not stop until it’s very powerful climax on January 15, 2021. The ash cloud soared nearly 36 miles high into the atmosphere, the largest in history.
Listen along this week as Lila uncovers what is one of the most insane natural disasters of our time. We give you a history, geography, volcanology, and a tsunami lesson filled with lots of laughs inbetween and of course some very relevent side bars.
So learn, listen, laugh along as we take a deep dive into the submarine volcano, Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha’apai.