2 Nov 2017

Flooding in Tonga's Niuas

11:45 am on 2 November 2017

Five houses on Tonga's far northern island of Niuatoputapu were flooded following heavy rain earlier this week.

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Photo: 123 RF

Radio Tonga reported people were shocked by the flooding but also happy to see the end of a drought that started in January.

Tonga's MET office said 100 millimetres of rain fell over the island on Monday night.