The Samoan capital, Apia, was virtually deserted by afternoon, with schools and businesses closed. Hours after the waves struck, sirens rang out with another tsunami alert and panicked residents ...

The Independent State of Samoa, as well as U.S. protectorate American Samoa, were devastated by the tsunami, which killed nearly 200 people two weeks ago. {mosads}Thousands of people were left ...

APIA, Samoa -- A powerful earthquake in the South Pacific hurled a massive tsunami at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people out to sea, leaving at ...

APIA, Samoa -- Disaster officials rushed food, medicine and a temporary morgue to the Samoas on Wednesday after a powerful earthquake unleashed a tsunami that flattened villages and swept cars and ...

The Australian High Commission in Apia confirmed today that a 30-year-old Samoan-Australian woman has died from injures received in the disaster. It is believed she had been on the south coast of the ...

Improving our knowledge of the Samoan swallowtail butterfly, and the relationships it has with other species, is vital to stop the species from becoming extinct. The 2009, magnitude-8.1 Samoa ...

APIA, Samoa — Convoys of military vehicles brought food, water and medicine to the tsunami-stricken Samoas on Thursday as victims wandered through what was left of their villages with tales of being ...

An Australian sister and her colleagues at a Samoan primary school saved the lives of 320 school children when she quickly moved them to higher ground after an earthquake triggered a tsunami warning.

A powerful earthquake in the South Pacific hurled a massive tsunami at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people out to sea, leaving at least 82 dead and ...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:25:57 GMT — APIA, Samoa (AP) " A massive tsunami hurled by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving ...

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:45:45 GMT — PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) " A tsunami swept into Pago Pago (Pan-go, pan-go) in American Samoa shortly after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 shook ...

APIA, Samoa — Convoys of military vehicles brought food, water and medicine Thursday to the tsunami-stricken Samoas as victims wandered through what was left with tales of being trapped underwater, ...