Cyclone Gita humanitarian assistance

Australia pledges additional $10.5 million humanitarian assistance to Tonga

The additional package of assistance will help restore community infrastructure such as schools and water supplies, and support farmers whose crops were devastated.

Tropical Cyclone Gita hit Tonga on 12 February, damaging almost 4,000 houses and leaving 60,000 people without power.

The first Australian Defence Force flight arrived within 24 hours of the cyclone hitting Tonga.