Lede van die Tongaanse diaspora was bang om hul geliefdes nooit weer op die Stille Oseaan-eiland te sien nie toe kommunikasie afgesny is ná die vulkaniese uitbarsting Saterdag. ‘I’m aware that other islanders, other Pacific people, other Tongans, all feel exactly my feeling. That’s how close we are.’ said Tongan-Australian artist and activist Seini Taumoepeau. She said she hasn’t had any contact with relatives and friends in Tonga days after a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami caused significant damage and cut off phone and internet lines for the archipelago.
