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Earthquake ^ Flooding ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, November 11, 2009 -- Federal Coordinating Officer Kenneth R. Tingman, right, Lt. Colonel, U. S. Air Force, retired, and Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer Michael H. Smith, Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps, retired, observed Veterans Day in an American Samoa ceremony Wedneday. Pago Pago was an active U. S. Naval base until 1951. Military service is a tradition in American Samoa. Richard O'Reilly/FEMA

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Leone, American Samoa, October 2, 2009 -- Members the Hawaii National Guard, Civil Support Team, search for hazardous waste. The collection of hazardous waste is an important step in the removal of debris after a tsunami disaster.

Pago Pago, American Samoa, Sep. 28, 2012 -- Purchase of emergency signage as part of "Tsunami Ready" designation

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 1, 2009 -- Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 1, 2009 - A boat that was damaged by the recent tsunami sits on its side. FEMA/Casey Deshong

American Samoa, Feb. 6, 2013 -- The Territory of American Samoa submitted a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program application for rockfall mitigation around the Village of Laulii

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 2, 2009 -- FEMA generators are being unloaded from a C-17 military cargo plane. FEMA shipped generators from its warehouses to American Samoa to help provide electric power to critical facilities in American Samoa.

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Ottoville, American Samoa, November 30, 2009 -- Former Philadelphia Eagles football player, Reno Mahe, expresses his appreciation to Serina Misitana, (in yellow shirt) a Federal Emergency Management Agency employee in American Samoa. Mahe, recently visited the island to observe the tsunami damage and to thank the workers assisting with disaster recovery. FEMA/Casey Deshong

Earthquake ^ Flooding ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, November 6, 2009 -- James Shebl, external affairs officer, foreground, takes notes as a newspaper reporter shoots still photos and American Samoa government TV crew videotapes news conference updating progress of recovery since the September 29th earthquake, tsunami and flooding disaster. It was the first news event at the Joint Field Office where employees of FEMA, federal partners and the American Samoa government work side-by-side to help survivors recover. Richard O'Reilly/FEMA.

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 5, 2009 -- Captain Michael Bryce, U. S. Public Health Service and Toby Clairmont, Team Commander, Hawaii Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), breath a sigh of relief as a Coast Guard plane carrying an infant is evacuated to Hawaii. The Hawaii DMAT assisted with the emergency evacuation of the infant. DMATs are part of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Disaster Medical System which supports hospitals and other medical and public health needs of communities during disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami disaster in American Samoa. FEMA/Casey Deshong

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 9, 2009 -- Federal Coordinating Officer Kenneth Tingman talks to employees from a local tuna canning company during an island-wide debris clean-up. The American Samoa Government established a two-day clean-up effort bringing together local and federal government workers along with local businesses and citizens. Dan Stoneking/FEMA

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 10, 2009 -- Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer Gerard Stolar points out the abundance of commodities at a local village store. As the local businesses begin to flourish, the American Samoans begin a return to normalcy after responding to the September 29th tsunami. Dan Stoneking/FEMA

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Asili, American Samoa, October 7, 2009 -- Distribution center. Several local and federal partners worked together to provide essential resources when and where needed after the recent tsunami. David Gonzalez/FEMA