Disabled Tongan Man Swept Away by Tsunami Saves Himself by Swimming for 26 Hours Between Islands

An unprecedented disaster has hit the Tonga Kingdom aftfer the underwater Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption on 15 January. The eruption was followed by tsunami waves rising up to 15 metres and hitting almost all the islands of the Pacific nation while leaving some of them, such as Mango, Atata, and Nomuka destroyed.