Tsunami Strikes South Pacific
Ardie Roque / AP
Caved In
Hillside homes, in Pago, American Samoa, are destroyed by the devastating impact of the fifteen foot waves. The Samoa islands comprise two separate entities the nation of Samoa and American Samoa, a U.S. territory. The total population is around 250,000.
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