BREAKING NEWS: Tsunami kills dozens in Samoa, American Samoa

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PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening villages, killing at least 82 people and leaving dozens of workers missing at devastated National Park Service facilities.

Cars and people were swept out to sea by the fast-churning water as survivors fled to high ground, where they remained huddled hours later. Signs of devastation were everywhere, with a giant boat getting washed ashore and coming to rest on the edge of a highway and floodwaters swallowing up cars and homes.

Samoan police commissioner Lilo Maiava told The Associated Press that police had confirmed 63 deaths, and officials were still searching the devastated areas, so the number of deaths was likely to rise soon.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33075304/ns/world_news-asiapacific/
 
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