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Over 100 feared dead in tsunami-hit Samoa | The tsunami death toll triggered by an 8.3 magnitude earthquake, which rocked Samoa and other Pacific islands,
could reach 100, according to Red Cross and media reports. Locals in Samoa have
been told more than 100, and possibly "hundreds", may have been killed in the
tsunami that hit the island this morning. The confirmed death toll from the South
Pacific earthquake and tsunami is at 36, with a minimum of 14 reported dead in
both Samoa and American Samoa; The Sydney Morning Herald quoted reports, as saying.
But media in Samoa says the tsunami had devastated villages on the south of the
island, and the number of people feared dead was far higher. "It's like nothing
we've ever experienced before," said Tasi Uesele, who in the Samoan capital, Apia.
"There's unconfirmed reports that are on TV right now that up to 100 people, including
tourists, that are missing right now because of the waves that hit hard," she
said. A large number of the dead were believed to be from Lalomanu, a village
on Samoa's southeastern tip popular with tourists, she said. "We don't know if
the 100 are from people swept out [to sea] or from when tremors shook and people
were buried in their own houses. We just saw some footage of dead people being
brought into the hospital ... we've only seen about three or four dead and a lot
of people wounded," Tasi added. A Samoan schoolgirl whose village was evacuated
to the mountains around Apia also said local radio reported hundreds of people
were killed when the tsunami hit Lalomanu. "They're still looking for other people,
missing people, they said hundreds. There are no houses, clothes, and stuff is
all everywhere," said Sulu Bentley, who lives in Leauvaa, 15 minutes from Apia.
Tasi said the first wave hit so quickly after the tremor that locals had little
time to react. |
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