Tsunami Hits Samoa

A man searches through the rubble of a destroyed village outside Apia in Samoa on Wednesday Sept. 30, 2009.

Dave Sululoto, left, and Sam Leota, right, hang out in Suluoto's aunt's sewing shop that was destroyed by a tsunami at Pago Pago Bay Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.

A beachside road is half destroyed as debris litters the sand at Lalomanu, Samoa, as they search for bodies, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, a day after a deadly tsunami rolled through several South Pacific island nations.

This photo shows an aerial view of Hihifo on the western side of Tonga Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009. A powerful quake in the South Pacific hurled massive tsunami waves at the shores of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga flattening villages and sweeping cars and people back out to sea while leaving scores dead and dozens missing.

A boat from Malaloa Marina is seen on the edge of the main highway in the village of Fagatogo, in American Samoa on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. Towering tsunami waves spawned by a powerful earthquake swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening villages, killing at least 34 people and leaving dozens of workers missing at devastated National Park Service facilities.

A main road in the downtown area of Fagatogo, American Samoa, is flooded by water on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

Workers and residents in Fagatogo village in American Samoa are seen on higher grounds on Sept. 29, 2009.

Destruction can be seen in Pago Plaza in American Samoa after a powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

Debris is strewn around a church in Leone, American Samoa Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, after a powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned tsunami waves swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa.

A pickup truck lies under a pile of rubble from a business structure in Pago Pago, American Samoa, after tsunami waves swept ashore early Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

A nearby resident walks past one of the two caskets with human remains unearthed by the tsuami that struck early Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, at the Satala cemetary, which is located just yards away from the ocean in Fagatogo, American Samoa.

People walk among a scene of devastation following a powerful quake, in Pago Pago village, American Samoa, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.

The quake, with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3, struck around dawn about 20 miles below the ocean floor, 120 miles from American Samoa, a U.S. territory that is home to 65,000 people.

A resident walks past debris in a playground and a tennis park left by the tsuami that struck early Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, in Pago Pago, American Samoa.

People search through the rubble following a powerful earthquake in Pago Pago village, on American Samoa, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

The aftermath of a powerful earthquake is seen in Pago Pago village, on American Samoa, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

People salvage their belongings from a house damaged from the Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, tsunami that struck the village of Leone in American Samoa, approximately ten miles west of the port city of Pago Pago.

A car is seen pushed up against a bridge after strong sea water from the tsunami filled a small stream in the village of Fagatogo, located in the main town area in American Samoa, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

People pick up items in the Seaside Store and Gas Station in Fagatogo, American Samoa, after towering tsunami waves swept ashore and washed over the shoreline store, knocking out the front door and windows, early Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

A resident looks at the damage from the Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, tsunami that struck the village of Leone in American Samoa, approximately ten miles west of the port city of Pago Pago.