Photos: Village of Saleaaumua After Tsunami

Oct 1 2009

APIA, SAMOA – OCTOBER 01: Homeless people collect aid supplies from the Red Cross in the the hills up from the coast following the 8.3 magnitude strong earthquake which struck 200km from Samoa’s capital Apia on Tuesday, near the village of Saleaaumua on October 1, 2009 in Apia, Samoa. The quake triggered a tsunami wave up to 1.5 metres across areas of the island, with the official death toll in Samoa standing at 149. A further quake measuring 6.3 struck today 85 kilometres south-east of Tonga, but no tsunami warning or additional casualties have been reported as yet. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

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Oct 1 2009

APIA, SAMOA – OCTOBER 01: Aid supplies are delivered into the hills following the 8.3 magnitude strong earthquake which struck 200km from Samoa’s capital Apia on Tuesday, near the village of Saleaaumua on October 1, 2009 in Apia, Samoa. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

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Oct 1 2009

APIA, SAMOA – OCTOBER 01: A New Zealand Army medic speaks on a satelite phone outside the New Zealand High Commission

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