Half of Western Samoa’s foodstuffs were gone: banana, breadfruit and cocoa trees, all flattened by a 100-m.p.h. hurricane. It was the worst since 1889, when another keening, killing wind sank three ...
WELLINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A South Pacific tsunami killed an unknown number of people in Western Samoa on Wednesday, a local police spokeswoman said, as the island nation's people fled to higher ...
SYDNEY, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A tsunami that hit Western Samoa may have killed up to 100 people, with many more injured, Samoa's disaster management office said on Wednesday. Assistant Chief Executive ...