Traumatised husband of Brit charity worker killed by Tonga tsunami found her body as hunt for her missing dogs continues

THE body of a British charity worker who vanished after the Tonga tsunami was discovered by her devastated husband.

Angela Glover, 50, was last seen clinging to floating debris with her dogs as a huge swell of water rushed back out to sea.

The body of British animal charity worker Angela Glover was found by her husband James following the Tonga tsunamiCredit: pixel8000

Angela was with at least five dogs when she was knocked off her feet and dragged out to sea. One of the animals has been foundCredit: Enterprise

She posted this haunting last picture of a sunset after the volcano erupted

The centre of the volcanic island vanished in the eruptionCredit: AP

A satellite image shows a plume rise over Tonga when the underwater volcano erupted

Brother Nick Eleini has now confirmed her husband James was the one to find her after a huge search along the coastline.

Angela's body had been washed into scrubland.

One of the pups with Angela when she vanished has since been found alive - but up to four others are still missing.

The brave aid worker was parted from James when a 4ft high wall of water poured through the home where they were staying.

He was able to cling to a tree but Angela was swept out to sea with the dogs.

Paying tribute to his "adored" sister, Nick said the family was "devastated".

“This is just such a terrible shock. We’re ordinary people, stuff like this just doesn’t happen to people like us but then it does," he said.

TRAGEDY AS BRIT DIES

“She would just walk into a room and lighten the room up and she loved her life, both when she was working in London and then she when achieved her life’s dream of going to work in the south Pacific."

Heartbroken Nick said Angela and tattoo artist James moved to Tonga to start a new life and she worked with the Tonga Animal Welfare Society.

"I understand that this terrible accident happened as they tried to rescue their dogs," he said.

“She loved animals and dogs particularly. The uglier the dog, the more she loved it.

“We would laugh at her when she sent us these photos on Facebook of dogs she had rescued. She was a lovely girl and she was the centre of our family. We’re just broken.”

He added: "From a little girl it was always Angela’s dream to swim with whales and it was Tonga that gave her the opportunity that allowed her to fulfil these dreams."

Nick had earlier said he feared worst and that was a case of “body retrieval” rather than finding her alive.

“James was able to hold on to a tree for quite some period of time," he told New Zealand’s 1News.

WIFE WAS SWEPT AWAY

“I don’t know if Angela was swept away immediately or whether she was swept away afterwards.”

Nick told The Guardian his sister had been washed away with four or five dogs who she was walking at the time.

Her and her husband were housesitting at a home on the west coast of the island when the tsunami struck.

“It’s excruciating. I can’t even believe the words are coming out of my mouth, to be honest," he said.

Earlier Angela, who moved from London to Veitongo five years ago, posted a haunting last picture on Instagram.

The image shows an ominous red sunset over Tonga in the wake of the volcanic eruption that led to the tsunami.

“We’ve been under tsunami warnings today...everything’s fine... a few swells ....a few eerie silences,” she wrote.

The Foreign Office confirmed it was helping a number of Brits following the massive undersea volcanic eruption.

'WE ADORED HER'

The effects of the blast, captured by satellite, were felt as far away as California where waves swept inland, causing floods.

Power was out across Tonga as officials worked to assess casualty figures and damage.

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said contact had still not been established with coastal areas beyond the capital, Nuku’alofa, which was “covered in thick plumes of volcanic dust”.

Foreign Office minister Lord Tariq Ahmad, meanwhile, tweeted: “The UK stands ready to help and support our Tongan friends.”

Meanwhile, a distress signal has been detected in an isolated, low-lying group of islands in the Tonga archipelago today, the United Nations said.

There has been no contact from the Haapai group of islands and there was "particular concern" about two small low-lying islands - Fonoi and Mango, where an active distress beacon had been detected.

According to the Tonga government, 36 people live on Mango and 69 on Fonoi.