News Source: The Courier-Mail
| about 1 month ago
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake just before 7am on Tuesday triggered the tsunamis which, according to survivors, rose up to nine metres as they pounded into coastal settlements. "We have 123 dead and 16 missing at this stage," a spokeswoman for the Samoa...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
A National Weather Service meteorologist says more should have been done to warn South Pacific residents of an approaching tsunami that killed dozens. Senior NWS meteorologist Mase Akapo in Pago Pago, American Samoa, told AccuWeather.com exclusively...
News Source: Canada.com
| about 1 month ago
Red Cross volunteers deliver aid supplies of clothing following the 8.3 magnitude strong earthquake which struck 200 km from Samoa's capital Apia on Tuesday, in the village of Lalomanu. The quake triggered a tsunami wave up to 1.5 metres across areas...
News Source: Epoch Times
| about 1 month ago
Samoa—Grieving Samoans buried their dead in unmarked beachside graves on Thursday as the gruesome task of recovering bodies from villages destroyed by four tsunamis continued and an aftershock shook the region. Some Samoans started rebuilding their...
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
Rescuers fished bloated corpses from the South Pacific off Samoa and pulled bodies from the mud and twisted rubble of devastated islands as the death toll from a series of tsunamis neared 200 on Thursday. Officials feared it could go much higher. A...