A storm barreling toward the Pacific island nation of Tonga could be the most powerful to ever hit the country. Tropical Cyclone Gita is expected to hit Nuku’alofa, Tonga’s capital, with heavy winds ...

Tropical Cyclone Gita struck Tonga as a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Twitter. The Pacific island nation had declared a state ...

Large parts of Tonga have been left without power after Tropical Cyclone Gita smashed into the Pacific island nation, flattening buildings, downing electrical lines and causing widespread flooding.

They category four cyclone - the second strongest on a five-point scale - was about 15km southeast of the northern island of Vava'u at 6am local time and about 285km northeast of the capital ...

Aid agencies said they were concerned cyclone Winston could cause severe damage after it hit northern islands earlier this week, especially after a prolonged El Nino-induced drought weakened livestock ...

The category-five storm hit on Saturday, and there have been reports of flattened houses, felled trees and fallen power lines. Tonga Red Cross head Sione Taumoefolau said one person died on Lifuka, an ...

A storm barreling toward the Pacific island nation of Tonga could be the most powerful to ever hit the country. A storm barreling toward the Pacific island nation of Tonga could be the most powerful ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Aid workers in Tonga are making last-minute preparations for the second tropical cyclone that is scheduled to hit the island this week, with fears that it could spread the Zika ...