‘Not knowing is heartbreaking’: sleepless nights among Tongan diaspora after contact with country cut off

Communications blackout from undersea cable's apparent damage prompts some to turn to Facebook livestreams from outside Tonga for updates

Since the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano erupted on Saturday, Seini Taumoepeau has barely slept.

I would say I've had four hours [of sleep each night] at the most," says Taumoepeau, a Tongan-Australian artist and activist based in Sydney.