Photos: Lalomanu Clean Up & Red Cross Relief Effort
Posted: October 9, 2009 Filed under: Breaking News, Community, Current, Earthquake Tsunami Samoa/AmSampa 09, Environment, NZPacific, South Pacific Region | Tags: adult, Apia, capital, Community, debris, earthquake, Emergencies And Disasters, following, hill, horizontal, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, lalomanu tsunami, natural, natural disaster, People, preparation, red cross samoa, samoa, samoa relief effort, samoa tsunami, scale, shelter, shore, Sitting, station, strength, taking, tent, time, travel, truck, Village, water, weather, women Leave a commentOct 1 2009
APIA, SAMOA – OCTOBER 01: A young boy walks around the ruins of his local church following the 8.3 magnitude strong earthquake which struck 200km from Samoa’s capital Apia on Tuesday, near the village of Lalomanu 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.
[picapp src=”e/9/1/9/Further_Quake_Hits_26d4.jpg?adImageId=4878381&imageId=6682297″ width=”500″ height=”345″ /] [picapp src=”f/0/e/b/83_Magnitude_Earthquake_4335.jpg?adImageId=4878518&imageId=6666006″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
Oct 2 2009
A man works to clear the debris in the village of Lalomanu
[picapp src=”7/6/a/4/John_Key_Visits_8c57.jpg?adImageId=4878784&imageId=6692438″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
LALOMANU, SAMOA – WED SEPTEMBER 30: Two men begin to clean up around a building in Lalomanu, Samoa.
[picapp src=”9/f/e/0/83_Magnitude_Earthquake_6f4c.jpg?adImageId=4878335&imageId=6665636″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
Red Cross Samoa Workers Set Up A Water Station At Lalomanu
[picapp src=”0/8/e/6/83_Magnitude_Earthquake_4a91.jpg?adImageId=4878286&imageId=6670028″ width=”500″ height=”325″ /] [picapp src=”f/9/8/d/83_Magnitude_Earthquake_930f.jpg?adImageId=4878263&imageId=6670027″ width=”500″ height=”347″ /]
LALOMANU, SAMOA – SEPTEMBER 30: A church is reflected in surrounding water
[picapp src=”6/9/7/6/83_Magnitude_Earthquake_2b1f.jpg?adImageId=4878400&imageId=6666015″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
Photos: Village of Saleaaumua After Tsunami
Posted: October 9, 2009 Filed under: Breaking News, Community, Current, Earthquake Tsunami Samoa/AmSampa 09, NZPacific, South Pacific Region | Tags: Apia, assistance, capital, collection, earthquake, Emergencies And Disasters, following, hill, homelessness, horizontal, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, natural disaster, paramedic, People, Saleaaumua, samoa, shore, strength, supplies, talking, telephone, tools, Village, weather 1 CommentOct 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)
[picapp src=”d/0/6/4/Further_Quake_Hits_11c7.jpg?adImageId=4878373&imageId=6682301″ width=”500″ height=”327″ /]
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)
[picapp src=”7/c/c/d/Further_Quake_Hits_c88f.jpg?adImageId=4878722&imageId=6682303″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
[picapp src=”d/1/9/a/Further_Quake_Hits_36fc.jpg?adImageId=4878459&imageId=6682309″ width=”500″ height=”322″ /]
Oct 1 2009
APIA, SAMOA – OCTOBER 01: A New Zealand Army medic speaks on a satelite phone outside the New Zealand High Commission
[picapp src=”b/7/a/b/Further_Quake_Hits_123a.jpg?adImageId=4878476&imageId=6682288″ width=”500″ height=”347″ /]
Photos: Villages of Lalomanu, Saleaaumua, Lepa After Earthquake & Tsunami
Posted: October 8, 2009 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Community, Current, Earthquake Tsunami Samoa/AmSampa 09, Environment, NZPacific, South Pacific Region | Tags: adult, Apia, assistance, capital, clothing, collection, delivery, earthquake, Emergencies And Disasters, family, following, hill, home, horizontal, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Lepa Aleipata Upolu Samoa, Lino Leifi, looking, men, natural disaster, People, photos of samoa tsunami, preparation, quake triggered a tsunami, remains, rubble, samoa, samoa tsunami, samoan village of lepa, shelter, shore, stand, strength, supplies, taking, tent, tools, tourist, Tourist Resort, Village, village of Lalomanu, village of Saleaaumua, volunteer, weather Leave a commentLALOMANU-Red Cross volunteers deliver aid supplies of clothing following the 8.3 magnitude strong earthquake which struck 200km from Samoa’s capital Apia on Tuesday, in the village of Lalomanu 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)
To view the photos without the pictorial banner at the foot, simply click on the arrow on the right of the banner and it will recede to the left.
[picapp src=”d/7/b/8/Further_Quake_Hits_eb68.jpg?adImageId=4741302&imageId=6682427″ width=”500″ height=”326″ /]
LALOMANU – A man survey the debris at the beach in Lalomanu, Samoa. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
[picapp src=”f/0/8/f/83_Magnitude_Earthquake_9d08.jpg?adImageId=4741663&imageId=6666005″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
LEPA – Locals sit among the debris on the beach in Lepa. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
[picapp src=”2/b/1/b/83_Magnitude_Earthquake_3295.jpg?adImageId=4743244&imageId=6670025″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
LALOMANU – A man looks over the debris on the beach of Lalomanu, Samoa. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
[picapp src=”3/5/8/3/83_Magnitude_Earthquake_1c66.jpg?adImageId=4742081&imageId=6665641″ width=”500″ height=”338″ /]
LALOMANU – A man looks at a book as he stands amongst the devastation in Lalomanu, Samoa.
[picapp src=”f/c/3/3/83_Magnitude_Earthquake_bac2.jpg?adImageId=4742379&imageId=6665652″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
Archives to March 2010 - PEW 
Your Words