Planning Saved Lives in Samoan Tsunami

By: Nancy Fullbright

November 4, 2009 7:55 AM

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• Berth and vessel damage at the Ronald Reagan Shipyard in Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa

Community-based education and awareness programs minimized the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, though there are still ways to improve the warning and evacuation process, according to a team of researchers that traveled to Samoa.

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