Undersea cable disrupts communication with Tonga

The World

An underwater sea cable critical to Tonga's communication infrastructure was snapped by the volcanic eruption. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Nicole Starosielski, a professor at New York University, about the underwater sea cables and how critical they are to Tonga and the world's communication infrastructure.

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