Tsunamis strike Pacific islands; over 100 dead
China Daily | Updated: 2009-10-01 07:32
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Residents yesterday assess the damage (above) after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Pago Pago, American Samoa, early on Tuesday. A series of tsunamis flattened entire villages along the coasts in Samoa (above right) and American Samoa (right). AFP-Reuters |
APIA, Samoa: A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa, killing at least 113 people as they wiped out entire villages and flattened tourist resorts, officials and witnesses said yesterday.
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