They report the second “major eruption” in the Hunga Tonga submarine volcano and later retract

This afternoon a second “major” eruption was reported at the Hunga Tonga volcano, according to an alert from Australia’s Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Center, however, later it was announced that it was a false alarm.

However, evacuation measures were put in place, according to Australian media reports.

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano erupted violently just three days ago on Friday, sending tsunami waves toward the isolated island nation and putting the entire Pacific basin in alert.

Tonga’s capital, Nukuʻalofa, is 40 miles south of the eruption. Most of the 105,000 residents of the country have been deprived of global communications after telephone and Internet links were damaged. Officials are working to contact those residing on the islands closest to the blast.

The number of victims has not yet been reported. Australia and New Zealand deployed surveillance flights to assess the damage. Relief efforts have been hampered by large plumes of ash discharged during the eruption, according to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison .

Australia’s Pacific Minister Zed Seselja said initial reports did not suggest mass casualties and the airport “appears to be in relatively good condition” but there was “significant damage ” on the country’s roads and bridges.

Seselja said that Australia is coordinating with New Zealand, the United States and France to send aid.

While there are no confirmed reports of loss of life, a UK woman reportedly disappeared after of being washed away, according to New Zealand’s state media station TVNZ.

Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai erupted several times in the last few decades adas, with notable eruptions on 2014 and 2015 when it formed an uninhabited island. It began to erupt again on 20 December, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

The volcano became increasingly explosive, discharging record levels of illumination, meteorologist Chris Vagasky told National Geographic.