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| Rescue workers arrive at Samoa tsunami disaster zone |
POUTASI, SAMOA - Dazed relatives picked through the rubble of Samoan villages and resorts as rescue teams arrived to hunt survivors of a tsunami that killed at least 118 and left many more missing.
An Australian plane carrying search-and-rescue and medical experts flew into the capital, Apia, to join the search for residents and tourists and help treat the waves of injured.
The death toll is expected to rise dramatically after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake -- the Samoan islands' worst since in nearly a century -- unleashed a wall of water which smashed the coast, echoing Asia's catastrophic 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.Read more
» Aid heads to Samoan Islands
» Samoa tsunamis leave over 100 dead
» Quake rocks Sumatra |
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| Photos: Reuters, AFP |
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