The Pacific island nation of American Samoa is devastated by a tsunami, where more than 100 people are expected dead and hundreds have been injured.

AMERICAN SAMOA (SEPTEMBER 29, 2009) AMATEUR VIDEO - A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa, killing possibly more than 100 people, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on Wednesday (September 30).
U.S. President Barack Obama declared a major disaster in American Samoa, a U.S. territory, and ordered federal aid to help recovery efforts, with a U.S. C-130 military transport aircraft due to leave Honolulu for the tiny South Pacific islands.

At least 24 people were killed and 50 injured, Governor Togiola Tulafono said from Hawaii, with the southern portion of the main Tutuila island "devastated".

Television images showed flattened shorelines and homes torn apart by the waves, with large fishing boats hurled ashore.

New Zealand said there were also serious concerns about the neighbouring island nation of Tonga after a 4-meter (13-foot) wave hit its northern coast. Tongan officials said they feared as many as 10 people had been killed.

The two Samoas and Tonga have a combined population of around 400,000 people.