More on the Tsunami

I see that someone has already made a post on the Tsunami, but I’d like to add some new information. Since this natural disaster devastated Samoa and American Samoa, rescue workers have been looking for survivors, and planes have been carrying air supplies. The UN said it would send an emergency team to the Samoan islands, where villages were devastated and up to 145 people died. The Samoan Prime Minister said that devastation was complete, and that there were some villages in which no house was left standing after the waves that originated from last Tuesday’s earthquake reached the islands.

Here’s a link to a page with more information and videos
BBC News - Tsunami rescue begins in Pacific

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8.0 Earthquake

8.0 Earthquake

While all of us post about interesting thing that are happening or happened in the world, not much of us are interesting in look for topics not related to politics. We had seen a lot of post about history and political situations during the last century. But something amazing happened few days ago. An earthquake was registered in the middle of the New Island and Hawaii. Causing a tsunami.

On September 29, 2009 earthquake took place in Samoa Island. Magnitude of the earthquake was 8.0 and many people lost their lives. Most of the people were killed by the monstrous waves that were generated by earthquake.

The earthquake resulted in tsunami. 3 separate waves were generated by it. The waves were very high. The highest wave was measured by 13.7 feet. Near the epicenter, 3-inch rise in sea level was recorded.

Countries hit by tsunami include Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. High waves were recorded in Samoa.

I took this news from El Imparcial, something that is quite different from the all the other posts. If you want to see a little bit more of this you can visit:

http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Internacional/30092009/405470.aspx

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