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Earthquakes & tsunamis - Part 1: Amanda Neal reports from Samoa (and Hawaii).

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In September 2009, a powerful tsunami generated by an undersea earthquake killed dozens and wiped out several villages in the Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga. Amanda and John Neal (s/v Mahina Tiare) were in the Samoan capital, Apia.

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