Tsunami survivors describe 'Hell on Earth'
Residents and visitors in Samoa describe the terror of knowing what would be next after a massive quake rocked the tiny island nation
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'All three of them gone' - mother sees children swept away
Salamasina Taufua was basking in the sun yesterday watching her three young children playing on the sand when a tsunami swept all three away.
Latest updates: Tsunami disaster
Read here for the latest news following the Samoan earthquake and tsunami.
Nine NZers injured in Samoan tsunami - one dead
Nine New Zealanders are now confirmed injured, and one dead, in today's Samoan tsunami.
Entire villages wiped out as death toll climbs
Horror stories are emerging in the aftermath of today's 8.3 magnitude quake and tsunami in Samoa.
One NZer dead, more 'likely' in tsunami hit Samoa
At least one NZer is dead and three injured, amongst thousands affected by today's earthquake and tsunami in Samoa.
Over 100 dead in Samoa - health workers
Reports of scores dead, cars thrown into the ocean and fish on the ground following this morning's magnitude 8.3 earthquake.
Coastal warnings remain after quake tsunami
The Ministry of Civil Defence is warning people to continue to stay away from beaches even though a tsunami warning has been downgraded.
Devastation as tsunami wipes out Samoan villages
Reports of cars thrown into the ocean and fish on the ground following this morning's magnitude 8.3 earthquake.
Reports up to 40 dead after quake, tsunami hit Samoa
There are unconfirmed reports that 40 people from the Samoan village of Lalomanu - on the south-eastern end of the island of Upolu - have been killed.
At least seven dead after quake, tsunami hit Samoa
Samoan residents have been evacuated from the coast to higher ground after a magnitude 8.3 quake struck this morning, followed by a tsunami.
Samoa's switch to left claims first victim
Samoa's radical road switch has claimed its first casualty.
Child-bashing accused 'asked for forgiveness'
A woman accused of inflicting head injuries which nearly killed her son asked the child's grandmother for forgiveness, a court was told.
Danger time to come, say Samoans
Samoan police will remain on alert for accidents today, the second day since the switch to driving on the left.
Confusion, excitement – Samoan drivers switch sides
This morning I drove out of my house on the right hand side of the road, and returned on the left, in the same country, in the same car.
Samoans on tenterhooks as driving switch starts
Samoans are bracing themselves for chaos today as motorists switch to driving on the left.
Samoa road switch date may be postponed
Samoa's Prime Minister has promised to reconsider the date of the controversial driving side switch.
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