A damaged truck is seen among wreckage after a tsunami hit the village of Leone, American Samoa September 29, 2009. A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa, killing possibly more than 100 people, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on Wednesday. A Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued after an 8.0 magnitude undersea quake off American Samoa, with reports of a small tsunami reaching New Zealand and rising sea levels in several South Pacific island nations.
A destroyed structure is seen among debris near a church following a tsunami in the village of Leone, American Samoa.
People walk among a scene of devastation following a powerful quake, in Pago Pago village, on American Samoa Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. The quake in the South Pacific hurled massive tsunami waves at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people back out to sea while leaving scores dead and dozens missing.
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