Every year Samoa Government authorities coordinate with local communities to run evacuation drills to prepare residents to respond efficiently and effectively in the event of a natural disaster.Even donors have over the years supported the evacuation drills, in a bid to avoid a repeat of the deat.
The Samoa Meteorological Service has issued a tsunami advisory after the country was rocked by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake at 5.01 am Thursday.The earthquake, which measured 6.90 on the richter scale, had a depth of 10.00 km and was located in the Tonga region. "Tsunami advisory is in effect," rea.
A local hiker has expressed shock at the cruelty of people to their animals after he and a group of hikers came across a neglected dog tied to a coconut tree which died a few weeks later.Conservationist James Atherton told the Samoa Observer that they spotted a dog that was neglected and left tie.
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