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Seattle Now: Tongans wait for a word from home

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Tonga is still mostly cut off after an undersea volcano erupted on Saturday and put the West Coast on tsunami lookout. Here in Seattle, family and friends are standing by and ready to help.



Guests: Vaeomatoka "Toka" Valu with the Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington and Harold Tobin with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network

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