Aid on way to Tonga as airport reopens

Tonga Volcano Eruption
Phone lines have been partially restored in Tonga, but water supply problems are a pressing issue. -AP

Aircraft carrying much-needed humanitarian supplies from Australia and New Zealand are on their way to tsunami-hit Tonga, as the South Pacific island finally made contact with the rest of the world after being cut off for five days.

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