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A house damaged when Cyclone Val struck the South Pacific island of American Samoa

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne [and aides] to American Samoa, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam__DI15190.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne [and aides] to American Samoa, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam__DI15084.JPG]

Earthquake ^ Flooding ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, November 20, 2009 -- A passing car lights part of a large area of southwestern Tutuila island, including the Joint Field Office for Disaster 1859, that was without electricity for 55 minutes early Friday. The scheduled outage also affected the airport but was timed to occur after the bi-weekly flight to Honolulu had departed. The shutdown allowed circuits to be reconfigured for new generators being installed as part of America Samoa's recovery from the September 29, 2009 earthquake, tsunami and flooding. Richard O'Reilly/FEMA

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne [and aides] to American Samoa, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam__DI15634.JPG]

Somoan Governor A.P. Lutali looks on as members of the 22nd Military Airlift Squadron unload an emergency generator and equipment at the Pago Pago International Airport. The generator was airlifted to the island aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft

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[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne [and aides] to American Samoa, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam__DI15349.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne [and aides] to American Samoa, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam__DI15490.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne [and aides] to American Samoa, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Amer_Sam__DI15614.JPG]

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Asili, American Samoa, October 7, 2009 -- Teamwork, speed and safety were keys to setting up this supply distribution center in the Village of Asili. In just a week after the tsunami hit te shores of this island community, FEMA has helped American Samo move from response to recovery operations. David Gonzalez/FEMA

SSGT Kevin Sergeant, 7th Maintenance Battalion, explains telephone line patching to Dennis Leaupepe. Sergeant is in the area as part of U.S. military disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Ofa