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Search continues for swimmer lost at Houma Blow Holes [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Monday, August 22, 2016 - 18:01.  Updated on Monday, August 22, 2016 - 19:26.

A search and recovery operation by Tonga Police to locate a 20-year-old man who was reported to have been swept out to sea after swimming at the Blow Holes at Houma on Sunday morning, 21 August, continues today.

Tonga Police confirmed the missing man as Meleki Finau of Houma.

The report was received by police at around 9:30am by a Tongan man who was with a group of Japanese visitors at the Blow Holes lookout, a popular tourist area. He reported to have seen this man going down to swim and saw him being swept outside the reef by the currents.

Police after being notified started a search and rescue operation. Meleki has not been found to date.

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