A British woman is missing after being swept away in 4ft waves during a Tongan tsunami.
Angela Glover's brother has told how he fears for her life after she failed to return home following the terrifying incident on Saturday.
She and her husband James were both hit by the waves but he managed to survive by clinging on to a tree. reports The Mirror.
The two were walking four or five dogs when the tragedy struck. While one of the animals has since been found there has been no sign of the 50-year-old.
James contacted police and the British Embassy after Angela, who managed a tattoo parlour and ran a dog sanctuary in Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, failed to return home, according to her brother Nick Eleini.
Mr Eleini told The Guardian: "I don’t think this is going to have a happy ending."
He said his sister had been washed away with the dogs she was walking on the west coast of Tongatapu, the country's main island. The couple were housesitting a home on the west coast of the island.
He said: “One of the dogs has been found, but Angela hasn’t been found. It’s excruciating."
The underwater Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano first erupted at 5.10pm local time on Saturday, causing huge waves to crash into homes.
Residents said at the time it was dark in parts of Tonga following the eruption, with locals rushing to safety in fear of being swept away by incoming waves.
The first eruption of the volcano, located about 40 miles north of Nuku'alofa, triggered a 7.4 magnitude earthquake and caused a 1.2 metre tsunami, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said.
The eruption was so intense it was heard as "loud thunder sounds" in Fiji more than 500 miles away, officials said.
The volcano is about 40 miles north of the Tongan capital Nuku’alofa. In late 2014 and early 2015, a series of eruptions in the area created a small new island and disrupted international air travel to the Pacific archipelago for several days.
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