Tsunami 2009: Death toll in Samoas tsunami reaches 150

Samoas tsunami APIA, Samoa – Stunned Samoans combed through the sodden wreckage of their lives and told of the terror of being trapped underwater or flung inland by a tsunami that ravaged towns and killed at least 150 people in the South Pacific. Officials expect the death toll from Tuesday’s disaster to rise as more areas are searched. “The devastation caused was complete,” Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele told New Zealand’s National Radio on Wednesday after inspecting the southea

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