Tongan man swims and floats 13km to safety after tsunami sweeps him out to sea

1 Lisala Folau was

swept from his

island of Atata

2 He floated and

was then grounded

on Toketoke island

3 Folau then reached

the island of Polo’a

Nuku’alofa

Tongatapu

4 He finally reached

safety, swimming to Sopu

on the edge of Nuku’alofa

5 km

5 miles

South Pacific

Ocean

Samoa

American

Samoa

Fiji

Underwater

volcano

Tonga

300 km

300 miles

1 Lisala Folau was

swept from his

island of Atata

South Pacific

Ocean

Samoa

2 He floated and

was then grounded

on Toketoke island

American

Samoa

3 Folau then reached

the island of Polo’a

Fiji

Underwater

volcano

Tonga

Nuku’alofa

Tongatapu

4 He finally reached

safety, swimming to Sopu

on the edge of Nuku’alofa

5 km

300 km

5 miles

300 miles