Terrifying footage is emerging of Tongans fleeing tsunami waves caused by an underwater volcano erupting on Saturday afternoon.
One video shot from a reversing vehicle shows a wave smashing through a fence as other drivers try to get away from the water.
A person saying "reverse" in Tongan can be heard in the video.
A separate photo still showed flooded streets around a bank in the capital, Nukuʻalofa.
Waves struck the Pacific Island kingdom after the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano erupted. (Source: Supplied)
The Tongan Meteorological Service issued a tsunami warning for all of Tonga on Saturday evening after the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupted.
Local video footage shows waves washing ashore and ashfall from the volcano eruption mixed with rain, creating a dark and eerie landscape on the main island, Tongatapu.
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