Social media users are claiming that a viral video shows a recent underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga that sent ash, debris and tsunami waves across the Pacific. A 2-minute Facebook video shared ...

Sprawling between both coasts of the North Island, the largest city in New Zealand is known as the “city of sails” for the yachts that occupy its harbors. But Auckland could just as easily be dubbed ...

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On Dec. 9, 2019, a volcano on New Zealand's White Island erupted, sending a plume of ash and steam more than two miles into the sky. Some 47 people were on the island at the time, many of them ...