Distress signal detected in low-lying Tongan island; first death reported after eruption and tsunami

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WELLINGTON: A distress signal has been detected in a low-lying Tongan island following the volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said on Tuesday (Jan 18) as the first death was reported.

, the United Nations said on Tuesday as the first death was reported.

"An active distress beacon had been detected from Mango," the OCHA said. The island is home to more than 30 people, according to Tongan census figures. No details of the missing were released, but the brother of a British woman who was swept away by the tsunami said that his sister's body had been found.

"Earlier today my family was sadly informed that the body of my sister Angela has been found," Eleini said in a statement.

 

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