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Apia : Samoa | about 1 month ago  
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  • Family and neighbours cover a grave containing a seven and a five year old tsunami victim near Lalomanu in Samoa
    Family and neighbours cover a grave containing a seven and a five year ...
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  • The damaged building of the Development Bank of American Samoa is seen after a tsunami hit Pago-Pago, the capital of American SAmoa
    The damaged building of the Development Bank of American Samoa is seen ...
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  • Red Cross volunteers place the body of a boy in a body bag after he was found near the tsunami-destroyed village of Lalomanu on Samoa's southern coast
    Red Cross volunteers place the body of a boy in a body bag after he ...
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  • Toilet is all that remains of a home in the tsunami destroyed village of Lalomanu on Samoa's southern coast
    Toilet is all that remains of a home in the tsunami destroyed village ...
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  • People look at wreckage after a tsunami hit the village of Leone, American Samoa
    People look at wreckage after a tsunami hit the village of Leone, ...
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  • A man injured when a tsunami struck Samoa rests in a bed in the National Hospital in Apia
    A man injured when a tsunami struck Samoa rests in a bed in the ...
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  • A man injured when a tsunami struck Samoa receives treatment in a bed in the National Hospital in Apia
    A man injured when a tsunami struck Samoa receives treatment in a bed ...
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  • Family and neighbours cover a grave containing two tsunami victims next to the foundation of their house near Lalomanu on Samoa's southern coast
    Family and neighbours cover a grave containing two tsunami victims ...
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  • Wreckage is seen behind a U.S. Marine grave following a tsunami in the village of Leone, American Samoa
    Wreckage is seen behind a U.S. Marine grave following a tsunami in the ...
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  • Policeman checks the identity of a woman's body after she was found near the tsunami-destroyed village of Lalomanu on Samoa's southern coast
    Policeman checks the identity of a woman's body after she was found ...
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  • Dog scavenges through the tsunami damaged remains of the village of Vaigalu in Samoa
    Dog scavenges through the tsunami damaged remains of the village of ...
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  • Samoan men clear rubble in the tsunami-damaged village of Vaigalu on the southern coast of Western Samoa
    Samoan men clear rubble in the tsunami-damaged village of Vaigalu on ...
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  • Leausa Letoa looks towards coast from his family's camp in banana plantation in hills above tsunami-destroyed village of Lalomanu on Samoa's southern coast
    Leausa Letoa looks towards coast from his family's camp in banana ...
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  • Koke weeps during the funeral of her granddaughters who were killed by a tsunami, near Lalomanu on Samoa's southern coast
    Koke weeps during the funeral of her granddaughters who were killed by ...
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  • A disaster response team specialising in the welfare of animals is heading to Samoa
    A disaster response team specialising in the welfare of animals is ...
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  • A damaged truck is seen among wreckage after a tsunami hit the village of Leone, American Samoa
    A damaged truck is seen among wreckage after a tsunami hit the village ...
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  • New Zealander Parry, who was injured when a tsunami struck Samoa, rests in a bed in the National Hospital in Apia
    New Zealander Parry, who was injured when a tsunami struck Samoa, ...
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  • Debris is seen near the St. Theresa Elementary School after a tsunami hit the village of Leone, American Samoa
    Debris is seen near the St. Theresa Elementary School after a tsunami ...
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  • Fresh graffiti adorns a tsunami-damaged vehicle near Lalomanu on the southern coast of Western Samoa
    Fresh graffiti adorns a tsunami-damaged vehicle near Lalomanu on the ...
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  • New Zealander Helen Parry, who was injured when a tsunami struck Samoa, rests in a bed in the National Hospital in Apia
    New Zealander Helen Parry, who was injured when a tsunami struck Samoa,...
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  • Leausa Letoa and his daughters sit under tarpaulin in banana plantation in hills above tsunami-destroyed village of Lalomanu on Samoa's southern coast
    Leausa Letoa and his daughters sit under tarpaulin in banana ...
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  • Six-year-old Mary reacts in front of the remains of her tsunami-destroyed home in the village of Malaela Aleipate on Samoa's southern coast
    Six-year-old Mary reacts in front of the remains of her tsunami-...
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  • Dog walks past a propped up road sign in the tsunami-damaged village of Vaigalu on the southern coast of Western Samoa
    Dog walks past a propped up road sign in the tsunami-damaged village ...
    Source: Reuters
Family and neighbours cover a grave containing a seven and a five year ...
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 that if there had been tsunami sirens, residents...
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  • 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...
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    While rieving Samoans buried their dead in unmarked beachside graves on Thursday, a fresh, smaller quake at magnitude 6.3 rattled the region south of Tonga on Friday, said the U.S. Geological Service. Tonga is west of the international dateline and a
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    The death toll from the massive earthquake and tsunami in Samoa and neighbouring American Samoa is continuing to rise, with emergency officials in the Samoan capital Apia saying 62 people are now confirmed dead. ...
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