A Samoan reporter says tsunami victims "are everywhere" in a hospital near a hard-hit area and the dead could number up to 20.
A Samoan reporter says tsunami victims "are everywhere" in a hospital near a hard-hit area and the dead could number up to 20.
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Associated Press reporter Keni Lesa said three or four villages on the popular tourist coast near the southern town of Lalomanu on Samoa's main island of Upolu had been "wiped out" by waves that roared ashore late last night.
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Officials in neighboring American Samoa say at least 14 people have been killed there.
The tsunami was triggered by an earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale that struck midway between the two island groups of Samoa and American Samoa.
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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre earlier said waves 1.57 metres tall hit American Samoa, while 0.7 metre waves were recorded in Samoa.
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