The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on January 15, 2022. The pyroclastic flow severed both of Tonga’s underwater internet cables. The eruption cut sixty-five miles from the domestic cable and fifty-five miles from the international link to Fiji. Tonga lost all internet access. The cables sit on the ocean floor and carry 95% of the world’s international internet traffic.
The Guardian has a long read on what happened in the aftermath. A.T.M.s (cash machines) stopped…

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