Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Tsunami eyewitnesses 'saw four waves'

A tsunami triggered by a strong quake in the South Pacific has killed scores of people across a number of islands.

This amateur footage shows the devastation caused by the tsunami in American Samoa.

See the video from BBC

Deadly tsunamis strike in Pacific

Towering tsunami waves triggered by an 8.0 earthquake left at least 77 people dead in the Samoan Islands. Entire villages are flattened or submerged. "I thought it was the end of the world," said Salamo Laumoli, director of health services at a medical center in Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa.

CNN and BBC reported high waves and huge flood. Mass people fled at the quake and TSUNAMi.
Read News from CNN and BBC below.

CNN: Dozens dead as tsunami slams into Samoan islands


BBC: TSUNAMI video from BBC