The first aid vessels and flights have arrived and more are on their way as the devastated Pacific nation begins clean-up
Tonga’s government said drinking water was the priority as the clean-up continued a week after a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami.
A national emergency team had already distributed 60,000 litres of water to residents, the government said on Saturday. A desalination plant on a New Zealand naval ship that arrived on Friday, capable of producing 70,000 litres a day, has started drawing seawater from Tonga’s harbour.
