Tsunami in Samoa
At least 140 victims died last night – including a two-year-old British child – in one the most destructive tsunamis which damaged the Pacific island of Samoa.
There were also concerns for several other Britons who failed to contact relatives after entire villages were flattened or washed into the sea.
To add to the horror, a few hours after the tsunami hit, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale rocked the western Indonesian island of Sumatra – which is located two thousand miles away – and killed at least 75 people.
Officials said the death toll was likely to rise as the earthquake destroyed buildings and a hospital, and left thousands trapped under loads of rubble.
According to reports, the Indonesian quake took place on the same fault-line as the destructive 26th December tsunami which killed 230,000.
At least 140 victims died last night – including a two-year-old British child – in one of the most destructive tsunamis which damaged the Pacific island of Samoa.
To add to the horror, a few hours after the tsunami hit, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale rocked the western Indonesian island of Sumatra – which is located two thousand miles away – and killed at least 75 people.
Officials said the death toll was likely to rise as the earthquake destroyed buildings and a hospital, and left thousands trapped under loads of rubble.
According to reports, the Indonesian quake took place on the same fault-line as the destructive 26th December tsunami which killed 230,000.
