A general view shows damaged buildings following volcanic eruption and tsunami, in Nuku’alofa, Tonga in this picture obtained from social media on January 20, 2022. Courtesy of Marian Kupu/Broadcom Broadcasting FM87.5/via REUTERS

A handout photo shows Air Force Load Master Corporal Dale Hall, from No. 36 Squadron, inspecting pallets of Australian aid bound for Tonga being loaded inside a C-17A Globemaster III strategic airlift aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley. AFP

People work at a damaged property following volcanic eruption and tsunami, in Nuku’alofa, Tonga in this picture obtained from social media on January 20, 2022. Courtesy of Marian Kupu/Broadcom Broadcasting FM87.5/via REUTERS

A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules is deployed to Tonga with aid to help out the country devastated by a nearby eruption and tsunami, in Auckland, New Zealand January 20, 2022. CPL Dillon Anderson/New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS

This handout photo show HMAS Adelaide embarking an Australian Army CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters before departing the port of Brisbane, to provide humanitarian assistance to Tonga following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haa’pai underwater volcano on January 15. AFP

HMAS Adelaide in Brisbane before travelling to Tonga to assist in relief efforts, January 19, 2022. Picture taken January 19, 2022. Australian Department of Defence/Handout via REUTERS