Tongan govt confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll to rise
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — The Tongan government has confirmed that all houses on the island of Mango were wiped out in the tsunami that followed Saturday's volcanic eruption.

![A view over Nomuka in Tonga from a New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance flight after the islands were hit by a tsunami triggered by an undersea volcanic eruption. [photo: Supplied / NZ Defence Force] A view over Nomuka in Tonga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_tonga2web.jpg?itok=lrGsVoft)

![A woman posted on her Facebook page, “aumaga ‘sirens’ led people to safety vs a multi-million dollar siren system that did nothing.” Luckily the deadly tsunami of 2009 was still fresh enough in memory for people to heed the makeshift warnings and make their way to safety. [SN file photo] Siren being installed](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/siren_system.jpg?itok=dY-tZWiI)





![Progression of volcano development as seen from space. [screenshot from Facebook] progression of Tonga volcano](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/images_from_space_of_volcano.jpeg?itok=9aS_IP9r)