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)
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LALOMANU – A man survey the debris at the beach in Lalomanu, Samoa. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
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LEPA – Locals sit among the debris on the beach in Lepa. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
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LALOMANU – A man looks over the debris on the beach of Lalomanu, Samoa. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
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LALOMANU – A man looks at a book as he stands amongst the devastation in Lalomanu, Samoa.
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