Chinese man miraculously survives after being swept away by rapid tidal wave

A man miraculously survives after being swept away by a rapid tidal wave in eastern China.

The terrifying video, filmed in Shangyu district in Zhejiang province on September 18, shows a man sitting close to the river's edge being swallowed and swept away by the three-metre-high wave.

However, the man managed to escape serious injury as he washed up on the nearby shore a few moments later.