Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in American Samoa after a tsunami, triggered by a 8.3 magnitude earthquake, struck the area. News reports claim more than 100 people have been killed, including 77 people in Samoa, more than 25 in American Samoa and at least six in Tonga.
The death toll is likely to rise as several more are missing. American Samoa Governor Togiola Tulafono has said the first wave struck too quickly for a full evacuation.
Others were killed by the second deadly wave.
Officials at the Samoa Meteorology Division said many of those who died were killed by a second wave after they went to gather fish that had been washed up after the first. Sirens reportedly blared out across the Samoan capital, Apia, again late on Tuesday but the warning was thought to be a false alarm.
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The area has seen its share of tsunami destruction, especially since the earthquake and tsunami of 2004, which killed more than 225,000 around the Indian Ocean. Following this tragic event, the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System was launched. However, Jonathan Bathgate, a seismologist from Geoscience Australia thinks that Samoa’s system is probably outdated.
“Yes, the region was better prepared as a whole. But Samoa falls under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warning System,” says Jonathan Bathgate, a seismologist from government agency Geoscience Australia. “They are a 50-year-old organization, and their system hasn’t changed much in recent years.”
Some Samoans are criticizing the effectiveness of the warning system, claiming it failed them and their loved ones.
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This image simulates a tsunami washing over a coastal village.
The comment that the second wave killed most of the victims because they went to gather fish is not quite accurate.
My aunt, and her two great grand children perished because there was not enough time to evacuate from their house on the shoreline in Lalomanu. 49 perished in Lalomanu and one more person died a year later from internal injuries sustained when she was pulled out to sea. A total of 50 have passed, not because they went fishing, there was no warning system in place and many were elderly and children.
Aunt Vinesa Toa was 80 years old and her grand children were both under two years old. May she Rest In Peace and her death a reminder that it is very, very important to be prepared for potential disasters such as the earthquake and the tsunami on September 29, 2009. The wary concern I still have, is the thought that the next big one could hit, my kids will be in school and I’m on the other side of the island; and the school is not prepared for the forthcoming events.
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Wow, that’s really much helpful. Thanks a lot.
I hope the government fix the system,instead of their pockets and their own dam families .
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To you all wanna be Masefau people live there and mind your own business …you don’t have no right to open your mouth..You know who You Are …I’m watching You …..You’ll get your number soon..
Fiapa’ipa’i (Sialo’i)Villareal—-> You’re not helping. Just pray for your people instead of threatening them. It’s nonsense.
To Ben Tilli at the beginning of this email trail, if you’re the same Ben Tilli that went to college at the University of California San Diego, please contact me. We lost touch many years ago and I would love to reconnect with you. Kevin.tu2@gmail.com