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Damaged Undersea Cable That Could Isolate Tonga Will Take Month To Repair

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Damaged Undersea Cable That Could Isolate Tonga Will Take Month To Repair
Damaged Undersea Cable That Could Isolate Tonga Will Take Month To Repair

Saturday’s volcanic blast within the Polynesian kingdom was one the biggest recorded in a long time.

Wellington, New Zealand:

An undersea cable connecting volcano- and tsunami-hit Tonga with the remainder of the world will take at the very least a month to restore, New Zealand’s international ministry stated Wednesday.

“US cable firm SubCom advises it can take at the very least 4 weeks for Tonga’s cable connection to be repaired,” the ministry stated in an replace on the catastrophe, which has reduce the small South Pacific nation from the remainder of the world.

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