u.s. aid
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata requested information from the U.S. government Tuesday on the status of U.S. participation in aid efforts for the Kingdom of Tonga, which was devastated this weekend by volcanic ash and tsunami waves, with unknown loss of life, major damages, and an outage of the...

![An aerial view of Atatā island taken by New Zealand Defence Force after the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai and tsunami. [Photo: NZDF] Atatā island](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tonga_web.jpg?itok=dCa_TSUD)