Actress tells of house shaking
Actress and psychologist Pamela Stephenson described the earthquake in Samoa as scary as hell.
Actress and psychologist Pamela Stephenson described the earthquake in Samoa as scary as hell.
New Zealand tourists have told of their terror when the tsunami smashed through their Samoan beach resort.
The tsunami death toll reaches at least 149 as new tales of devastation emerge.
Many of the Kiwis in a Samoan hospital suffered internal injuries when struck by the seven metre high tsunami waves, says a NZ MP who visited them.
A group of high school students spent a day and night stranded on a tiny island off Samoa, after watching the tsunami sweep away their belongings.
A salty smell hangs over the devastated Samoan village of Lalomanu as police teams pick their way through the debris looking for bodies.
A team of Army medics is flying to Samoa to join a civilian medical team that left NZ late last night as the death toll from the tsunami rises.
Salamasina Taufua was basking in the sun yesterday watching her three young children playing on the sand when a tsunami swept all three away.
Residents and visitors in Samoa describe the terror of knowing what would be next after a massive quake rocked the tiny island nation
Nine New Zealanders are now confirmed injured, and one dead, in today's Samoan tsunami.
Horror stories are emerging in the aftermath of today's 8.3 magnitude quake and tsunami in Samoa.
At least one NZer is dead and three injured, amongst thousands affected by today's earthquake and tsunami in Samoa.
Reports of scores dead, cars thrown into the ocean and fish on the ground following this morning's magnitude 8.3 earthquake.
The Ministry of Civil Defence is warning people to continue to stay away from beaches even though a tsunami warning has been downgraded.
Reports of cars thrown into the ocean and fish on the ground following this morning's magnitude 8.3 earthquake.
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.
Samoan residents have been evacuated from the coast to higher ground after a magnitude 8.3 quake struck this morning, followed by a tsunami.