Deadly tsunami strikes Samoan islands

AlJazeeraEnglish
September 30, 2009
Nearly 100 people are thought to have been killed and many others have been injured in the Samoan islands after a powerful earthquake triggered a series of tsunamis.

The 8.3 magnitude quake hit between the islands of Samoa and American Samoa just before dawn local time.

Witnesses reported seeing waves up to five or six metres high.