The prime minister of Samoa, Tuila’epe Sailele Malielegaoi was shocked with the disaster. The local hospitals were able to cope with the wounded and the authority was considering help offers from New Zealand and Australia.
The American Samoa spokesperson said the wave had struck too quickly before evacuation can be made. The tsunami was believed happened within 5 minutes after the quake. He also mentioned that the tsunami actually wiped out all the low-lying areas in the Samoan islands.
Officials at the Samoa Meteorology Division stated that the death was happening when the second wave after they went to collect the fish being washed up from the first wave. The number of casualties was expected to increase and things will be getting worst in the next 12 hours.
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