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South Pacific Ocean : Samoa Islands

STS103-702-092 - STS-103 - Earth observations taken during the STS-103 mission

Satala, American Samoa, April 16, 2010 -- FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino meets with staff at the FEMA Disaster Recovery Office. FEMA Officials toured several sites to learn about the progress toward recovery. FEMA/David Bibo

Flooding ^ Tsunami - Tafuna, American Samoa, January 7, 2010 -- An EPA team returned to the island of Tutuila, AS, to remove hazardous materials collected in the aftermath of the September 29, 2009, tsunami and also to complete a Superfund project that pre-dated the disaster. The HAZMAT has been stored by the American Samoa Public Works Department. It will be safely disposed at sites in Hawaii and on the Mainland. From left, Chris Reiner, on-scene coordinator, San Francisco; Duane Newell, chemist, Las Vegas, and Christopher Weden, on-scene coordinator, San Francisco. 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__DI15168.JPG]

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 10, 2009 -- Products line the shelves from floor to ceiling in the local Cost U Less store in Pago Pago. The private sector's return to open business with bountiful supplies is a positive and essential step in this island communitys recovery from the recent earthquake and tsunami. Casey Deshong/FEMA

On the shore of Samoa

[Matson Line cruise ship at Pago Pago, photographed from R/V ARGO]

Letter to Captain Lawrence E. Davis

STS093-716-057 - STS-093 - Earth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-93 mission

[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__DI14983.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__DI15361.JPG]