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Elly Blake

Tongan man swept away by tsunami stayed afloat for 24 hours as aid reaches island

A Tongan man washed away by a tsunami managed to stay afloat for 24 hours before swimming to safety, it has emerged.

It is one of the first stories of survival to come out since Saturday’s massive underground volcano eruption, which severed an underwater cable and cut off communication between the island nation and the rest of the world.

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