Missing British woman’s family ‘devastated’ as body found after Tonga tsunami
- Brighton-born Angela Glover was washed away by a wave when she tried to save her dogs
- She was the founder of the Tongan Animal Welfare Society, and had a ‘a deep love of dogs’, her brother Nick Eleni said
The body of a British woman who went missing after a tsunami swept Tonga has been found, her brother said on Monday.
Brighton-born Angela Glover was washed away by a wave when she and her husband, James, who own the Happy Sailor Tattoo in Nuku’alofa, had gone to rescue their dogs.
James managed to hold onto a tree, but Glover and their dogs were swept away, New Zealand state broadcaster TVNZ reported.
Glover was the founder of the Tongan Animal Welfare Society, and had a “a deep love of dogs”, her brother Nick Eleni said.
“As you can imagine, her family is devastated. And we respectfully request that we are given privacy to grieve,” he said.
The scale of the damage caused by a massive underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga remained unclear on Monday, with both Australia and New Zealand sending surveillance aircraft to assess the situation in the tiny Pacific island nation.