Tonga volcano: first pictures after eruption show islands blanketed in ash, as two deaths confirmed

A New Zealand defence force surveillance flight has returned from Tonga. Pictures show land and trees coated in ashSome of the first images have emerged from Tonga’s volcano and tsunami-hit islands, after a New Zealand defence force surveillance flight returned from the cut-off country, as two deaths from the disaster have been confirmed.Aerial photography of Nomuka, a small island in the southern part of the Haʻapai group, shows land and trees coated with ash and other damage inflict