Lisala Folau, a 57-year-old Tongan man has been dubbed a ‘real life Aquaman’ after swimming for 27 hours to survive a tsunami in his region.
He was painting his home on the small, isolated island of Atata when his brother alerted him about the tsunami.
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Saturday sent huge waves rolling across the archipelago, and they soon swept through Mr Folau’s lounge at 7pm.
He climbed up a tree to escape the rising waters, but when he got down another big wave swept him away.
