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At least 149 people killed in Samoa, 34 killed in American Samoa and 9 killed, 7 injured
and 500 displaced on Niuatoputapu, Tonga. Widespread damage to infrastructure occurred
at Pago Pago, American Samoa, in many parts of Samoa and on Niuatoputapu, Tonga. Nearly
all of the casualties and damage was caused by large tsunamis, with run up heights
of 12 meters at Poloa, 7 meters at Pago Pago and Tula, American Samoa and 3 meters
on Niuatoputapu. Felt in much of American Samoa, Samoa and northern Tonga and as far
away as Wallis and Futuna Islands. |