Churches in Samoa were packed Sunday with mourners remembering the more than 170 people who died in the tsunami that swept in following an 8.3 earthquake 29 September. About half of those who died are expected to be buried in mass graves. Entire villages were wiped out by the massive wave.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 5 October 2009 at 9:15 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 5 October 2009.
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Tags: earthquake, mourning, Samoa, tsunami
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